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The country houses of Robert Adam : from the archives of Country Life / Eileen Harris.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NA997.A4 H367 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, Eileen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adam, Robert, 1728-1792.
- Adam, Robert.
- Architecture, Domestic--Great Britain.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Country homes.
- History.
- Interior architecture.
- Architecture.
- Great Britain.
- Architecture--Great Britain--18th century.
- Interior architecture--Great Britain.
- Architecture, Domestic--Great Britain--Pictorial works.
- Interior architecture--Great Britain--Pictorial works.
- Country homes--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : color (some color) ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Aurum, 2007.
- Summary:
- "One of the greatest British architects of the later eighteenth century, Robert Adam (1728-92) had the distinction of developing a style of architecture, furniture and particularly interior design that have become synonymous with his name." "Since 1897, Country life has published a weekly article on country houses, illustrated with specially commissioned photographs, which form a remarkable record of some of the most important houses and interiors in Britain. Eileen Harris, the leading authority on Adam's interiors, has made a selection of two hundred of the archive's finest images to provide an illuminating study of twenty-two of Adam's masterpieces. The featured houses range from the works of the early 1760s, such as Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, Syon House in Middlesex and Audley End in Essex, through the masterpieces of his maturity, which include Osterley Park and Kenwood near London and Harewood House in Yorkshire, to the later designs of the 1770s and 80s, including Culzean Castle in Scotland and Headfort House in Ireland."--Jacket.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 190) and index.
- Illustrated lining-papers.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Ellis A. Wasson, Ph.D.
- Contains:
- Country Life.
- ISBN:
- 1845132637
- OCLC:
- 163337575
- Publisher Number:
- 99945863239
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