Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . Fig. 145. THE ENTRANCE HALL, HAKEWOOD HOUSE, YORKSHIRE. HAREWOOD HOUSE 199 Neptune, were modelled by Collins. Among the examples offurniture in this room there are a number of painted hall chairswith round backs, which may have been designed by the brothers. From Jewellsaccount of Hare-wood, it appearsthat the whitemarble chimney-pieces in the SouthLibrary were exe-cuted by VanGelder, and thatthe two circularpanels above,which contain re-liefs, representingsacrifices of Venusand Bacchu
Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . Fig. 145. THE ENTRANCE HALL, HAKEWOOD HOUSE, YORKSHIRE. HAREWOOD HOUSE 199 Neptune, were modelled by Collins. Among the examples offurniture in this room there are a number of painted hall chairswith round backs, which may have been designed by the brothers. From Jewellsaccount of Hare-wood, it appearsthat the whitemarble chimney-pieces in the SouthLibrary were exe-cuted by VanGelder, and thatthe two circularpanels above,which contain re-liefs, representingsacrifices of Venusand Bacchus, werethe work of Col-lins. One of theseis illustrated inFig. 146. In themain StaircaseHall some altera-tions have beenmade since thedays of RobertAdam, thoughthere is reasonto believe thatsome features oi the original scheme have been retained. The large paint-ings of scenery and buildings upon the walls of the Music-Room were executed by Zucchi (see Fig. 147). The ceilingpaintings were stated by Jewell to have been the work of. Fig. 146.—A Chimney-piece in South Library,Harewood House, Yorks. 200 THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM Rebecca,1 but it is now thought that they were executed by AngelicaKaufmann. The carpet of the room may have been designed byRobert Adam, as the treatment is a counterpart of the one he designedfor the ceiling. Between the Music-Room windows two inlaid sidetables and two large pier glasses with gilded frames have been the tables and the pier glasses date from the time of RobertAdam, and it seems certain that he was responsible for their ground of the table top is of rosewood, and in this the centralscheme of acanthus spirals and other forms was introduced in aveneer of satin-wood and other inlays, dyed a variety of coloursand also carefully engraved, as illustrated in Fig. 148. The wideand narrow bands of cross-grained wood, which may be seen at thesides of the delicate border, were veneered with tulip - co
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