Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . Fig. 199.—Main Staircase,25 Portland Place. 266 THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM of Lord Binning, the present owner. The principal rooms upon theground floor of the house are the Entrance Hall, the Green Drawing-Room, the Dining-Room, and the Library. The whole of these apart-ments, with the exception of the Hall, overlook the gardens and a lakeon the south side of the house. At the time when the present ownerentered into possession of Mellerstain, the original colouring of
Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . Fig. 199.—Main Staircase,25 Portland Place. 266 THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM of Lord Binning, the present owner. The principal rooms upon theground floor of the house are the Entrance Hall, the Green Drawing-Room, the Dining-Room, and the Library. The whole of these apart-ments, with the exception of the Hall, overlook the gardens and a lakeon the south side of the house. At the time when the present ownerentered into possession of Mellerstain, the original colouring of the. Fig. 200.—Dining-Room Chimney-piece at 25 Portland Place. Library had been obscured by the free use of a kind of brown paint,which was removed and the original colouring restored. The effectof each of the ends of the room is now greatly enhanced by the colourof the bookbindings, the cedarwood doors, and by the circular recessesin which busts have been placed (Fig. 201). During the year 1776designs were prepared for alterations at Roxburghe House, London,and for work at Mistley, in Essex, near to the seat of the Right Hon. AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE AMERICAN WAR 267
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