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 213
ture in this room.The table top, in one instance, is formed with a slab of white 170 THE ALTERATIONS AT SYON HOUSE marble, carefully inlaid with coloured compositions, in so skilful amanner that it seems probable that the work may have beenexecuted by the Italian, Bossi, a contemporary of the… … Fig. 121.—Gilt Table with Inlaid Marble Top, Long Gallery, Syon House. only by a secret door, is a very small room contrived in the angleturret. In one case the room is circular and covered by a minia-ture cupola; while, in the other, a square form was adopted. Thecircular room originally contained…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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