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 209
ntional ornaments. The anthemia around the circular panelswere painted in a distinctive manner on a light ground, andgilding was freely used on the ribs which separate the variouspanels. Beneath the cornice, the walls are covered with arichly figured silk of a crimson colour, which is stated to… … Fig. 118.—Inscription on Carpet, Red Drawing-Room, Syon House. AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY WORK 167 frayed and show the marks of time. The floor of the room iscovered in the centre with a large carpet, around the border ofwhich the old oak boards are exposed to view. This carpet ispractically certainto…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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