Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . ure as being one of themost complete specimens extant of the popular Adam style. Robert Adam built the house, and his brother is said to haveplanned the interior ornamentation and furniture, down to the 130 ©stcvle^ IPail^ minutest details. In some cases the mouldings of the dado arerepeated on the carved woodwork of the sofas and chairs ; inothers, Italian, French, or Oriental tables and panels have beenmounted according to the classical taste of the period. To the ceiling of the principal staircase, Mr. Child removedfrom his house in Le
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . ure as being one of themost complete specimens extant of the popular Adam style. Robert Adam built the house, and his brother is said to haveplanned the interior ornamentation and furniture, down to the 130 ©stcvle^ IPail^ minutest details. In some cases the mouldings of the dado arerepeated on the carved woodwork of the sofas and chairs ; inothers, Italian, French, or Oriental tables and panels have beenmounted according to the classical taste of the period. To the ceiling of the principal staircase, Mr. Child removedfrom his house in Leicester Square a painting by Rubens, repre-senting the apotheosis of the Prince of Orange ; and at either endof the Gallery — which runs the whole length of the house — he hung two largepaintings: Charles1., by Van Dyck;and George Villiers,first Duke of Buck-ingham, with at-tendant nymphs, byRubens; and Nep-tune and Amphitriteby Jordaens. Thelatter picture waspainted by Rubensin Paris, and thefollowing entry oc-curs in Sir SackvilleCrowes Book of.
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