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 274
t Adamwas influenced toadopt such treat-ments by con-noisseurs anddilettanti, whowere very deeplyimpressed by thebeauty of some ofthe pottery whichhad then beenquite recently dis-covered. In vol.x v i i. of theAdam Series inthe Soane Collec-tion there is adesign in the so-called Etruscantaste for a… … Fig. 161.—The State Bed at Osterley. (From adrawing in the Soane Collection.) description of the bed, in his letter to Mr Mason, agrees substan-tially with that of the present State Bed, the only variation of any 28 218 THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM moment being a difference in the…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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