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 219
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… … Fig. 125. THE LIBRAE KEN WOOD, HAMPSTEAD. KEN WOOD, BOWOOD, AND LANSDOWNE HOUSE 175 stucco decoration by Joseph Rose. At the present time the ground of the ceiling is chiefly coloured pale pink, but a certain light bluish colour has been introduced around the panels, which contain paintings. The…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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