A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500-1800 (1900)
Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 350
of plaster work in thelast century was made by Robert Adam, who brought backPergolesi from Italy to do his plaster work, and obtained pos-session of the patent stucco invented by Liardet, and used itwith great freedom both in the inside and outside of his build-ings. Remains of the latter, in a… … SPANDREL, RADCLIFFE LIBRARY, OXFORD. 282 PLASTER WORK [chap, xiv this in the east side of St. Jamess Street. His manner ofinternal decoration is very well known, both from his publisheddesigns and the many instances still left in London and else-where. Adams ornament is not exciting, but it is…
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