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 91
hers that they are usuallyeither attributed to them, or else described as being in theAdam style. In the Preface to the Works of Robert and James Adam, thefirst part of which was published in the year 1773, the brothers wrote :The novelty and variety of the following designs will, we flatter… … Fig. 41.—Ball-Room Chair, Harewood House, Yorkshire. THE BROTHERS AIMS AND PRINCIPLES 67 execute, we have not only met with the approbation of our employers, but even with the imitation of other artists, to such a degree as in some measure to have brought about in this country a kind of revolution…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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