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 45
ess thinking- of this when he wrote, in aletter to Lord Karnes, the detail of our profession comes naturallyto the man who understands its great principles, in the laws of beautyand grandeur. The architect who begins with minutiae, he con-tinued, will never rise above the race of those reptile… … Fig. 13.—Inlaid Table Top, Harewood House, Yorkshire.(See also Fig. 148.) sume to find fault with the compositions, or to decry the labours ofother authors ; many of whom have much merit and deserve greatpraise. Our ambition is to share with others, not to appropriate toourselves the applause of…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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