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Identifier: robertadamhisbro1915swar (find matches)
Title: Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Swarbrick, John, b. 1879
Subjects: Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 Adam, James, d. 1794 Architecture Decoration and ornament, Architectural Furniture
Publisher: London, B.T. Batsford, ltd., New York, C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
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as the room of accesswhere servants in livery attend. It is here a room of great dimension,is finished with stucco, as halls always are, and is formed with arecess at each end, one square and the other circular, which have anoble effect and increase the variety. The measured drawings of the Entrance Hall, published in thefirst and second volumes of the Works, afford accurate particularsof the general dimensions and treatment of this apartment, althoughthey do not give an adequate impression of the effect of the relief.Only in the case of ceilings of very lofty apartments did RobertAdam adopt such high relief as in this case (Figs. 48, 113). TheHall is 3ii ft. high, measuring to the underside of the beams of theceiling, while its length, not including either of the two recesses,is 49 ft. 3 in., and its width 30 ft. 4 in. (see Figs. 104, 113). 1 Fig. 11 2, the State Dining-Room at Syon House, is an instance of this treatment.See also Fig. 65, Croome Court, and Fig. 137, Lansdowne House.
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Fig. 112. THE STATE DINING ROOM, SYON HOUSE. AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY WORK 16? In the description in the Works we read : The ante-rooms oneach side (of the Hall) are for the attendance of the servants outof livery, and also for that of tradesmen, etc. ; these are relieved by

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  • booksubject:Adam__Robert__1728_1792
  • booksubject:Adam__James__d__1794
  • booksubject:Architecture
  • booksubject:Decoration_and_ornament__Architectural
  • booksubject:Furniture
  • bookpublisher:London__B_T__Batsford__ltd___New_York__C__Scribner_s_Sons
  • bookcontributor:Wellesley_College_Library
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