Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1915)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London, B.T. Batsford, ltd., New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 140
sivepark, with the finest verdure, covered with deer, and cattle, andsheep, delighted me. Dr Johnson, Boswell continued, thoughtbetter of it to-day, than when he saw it before ; for he had latelyattacked it violently, saying, It would do excellently for a town- THE EARLY WORK OF ROBERT ADAM 105… … Fig. 82.—The Boudoir, Kkdleston. ill lighted,4 and of no use but for dancing in ; and the bed-chambersbut indifferent rooms ; and that the immense sum which it cost was 1 The entrance hall. 2 The saloon or rotunda. ■■ The room above to which Dr Johnson referred must be the corridor, which wasformed…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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