Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . Fig. 85.—The Library, Kedleston. ioS THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM subsequently introduced. Compare, for instance, the ceiling forAdmiral Boscawen in 1759, the ceiling for the Drawing-Room atKedleston in 1760 (Fig. 78), and the work for the Duke of North- umberland at Syon dated1761 (, 113), withthe design , which showsthe scheme pro-posed for theCeiling forLady Coven-trys OctagonDressing-Roomin Piccadilly,dated 1765. Inthe last-men-tioned design,the spirit of


Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . Fig. 85.—The Library, Kedleston. ioS THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM subsequently introduced. Compare, for instance, the ceiling forAdmiral Boscawen in 1759, the ceiling for the Drawing-Room atKedleston in 1760 (Fig. 78), and the work for the Duke of North- umberland at Syon dated1761 (, 113), withthe design , which showsthe scheme pro-posed for theCeiling forLady Coven-trys OctagonDressing-Roomin Piccadilly,dated 1765. Inthe last-men-tioned design,the spirit ofgaiety, grace,and delicaterefinement areevident, andreplace theseverity andmore masculinecharacter of thetreatments ofearlier is, nevertheless, only one of many comparisons that might bemade, in order to show that Robert Adams ultimate manner didnot fully assert itself immediately after his return from the ContinentAlthough the screen in front of the Admiralty Building in White. Fig. 84.—Front Drawing-Room, Stratford House. THE EARLY WORK OF ROBERT ADAM 109 hall is stated in the first volume of the Works to have beendesigned and executed in the year 1760, the first drawing wasprepared in the previous year. This drawing is now indexed as No.


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