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 270
..The extent to which the brothers appreciated the interest that theEarl had taken in their welfare is shown by some of the openingwords in the Preface to that part of the Works in which thedesigns were published. We are happy, we read, in having thisopportunity of expressing to the world that… … 2i4 THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM Madame de Falbe, the wife of the Danish Minister ; but the houseand estate have since passed into the possession of Sir Julius C.Wernher, Bart. Osterley House, Isleworth, one of the seats of the Earl ofJersey, was originally built about 1577 by Sir…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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