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 142
rom later work.Compare, for instance, Figs. 48 and 49; Figs. 83 and 84. Adams earlydesigns for ceilings were of a more massive type than that whichhe subsequently adopted. In the eleventh volume of the AdamSeries, in the Soane Collection, this development of his treatmentcan be readily perceived.… … Fig. 85.—The Library, Kedleston. ioS THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM subsequently introduced. Compare, for instance, the ceiling forAdmiral Boscawen in 1759, the ceiling for the Drawing-Room atKedleston in 1760 (Fig. 78), and the work for the Duke of North- umberland at Syon dated1761…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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