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 217
t;jf the southern facade, extending away to a considerable 1 Created Baron Mansfield in 1756 and Earl of Mansfield in 1776.73 174 THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM distance, lies the well-wooded park, which contains a fine sheet ofwater. The finest apartment in the house is the Library:… … Fig. 124.—The South Front of Ken Wood, Hampstead, from the Park. ment measures 36 ft. in length, but with them this dimension isincreased to about 59 ft. The width of the room is 22 ft. and itsheight to the top of the cornice 18 ft., while that to the highestpart of the segmentally curved ceiling…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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