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 289
lphi Build-ings were mortgaged, he wrote, for a loan of .£70,000 previousto the late unhappy failures of the banks, and it is said that the 232 THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM Messrs Adam had laid out as much more upon them ; so that inthe course of five years, these gentlemen expended… … Fig. 170.—Library at Goodwood House, by Sir William Chambers.(Showing the Influence of the Adam Decoration.) prise, and to free them from embarrassment, an Act of Parliament(13 Geo. Ill;, cap. 75, 1773) was passed, which empowered themto dispose of the buildings and other effects by means of a…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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