Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . Fig. 173- -Sedan Chair made for LadyWilliams Fig. 174.—Ceiling Panel from 207 Great Portland Street.(Now demolished.) Chapter IX. THE EVE OF THE AMERICAN WAR. Though the commencement of the American War in 1775 cannotbe supposed to have produced any appreciable change in the dailyroutine of the quiet, peaceful office in Robert Street, Adelphi, it,nevertheless, was a momentous event and one that happens tosynchronise approximately with an important stage in the lives ofthe brothe
Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . Fig. 173- -Sedan Chair made for LadyWilliams Fig. 174.—Ceiling Panel from 207 Great Portland Street.(Now demolished.) Chapter IX. THE EVE OF THE AMERICAN WAR. Though the commencement of the American War in 1775 cannotbe supposed to have produced any appreciable change in the dailyroutine of the quiet, peaceful office in Robert Street, Adelphi, it,nevertheless, was a momentous event and one that happens tosynchronise approximately with an important stage in the lives ofthe brothers. Among the principal works executed during theearly seventies were Sir Watkin Williams Wynns house in StJamess Square; Apsley House, London; Newby in Yorkshire;Lord Derbys house in Grosvenor Square, and the British CoffeeHouse in Cockspur Street. In addition to these undertakings andthe work at the Adelphi, the brothers were simultaneously super-intending the erection of houses in Portman Square, MansfieldStreet, Bedford Square, Stratford Place, and, it is said, in ManchesterSquare also. Regarding Manchester Square, Mr Beresford Chancellor,in his boo
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