Author: PARISSIEN, STEVEN
Title: Adam style / Steven Parissien
Description: London : Phaidon 1992. First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; decorated endpapers; 30 cm. Series; Life Style Series. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-236) and index. Contents; The age of Adam -- Adam style -- The architectural shell -- Fixtures and fittings -- Services -- Colours and coverings -- Furniture -- Revivals. Summary; In the mid-Georgian era. between 1750 and 1785. a form of domestic neo-classicism arose that came to be named after the outstanding architect of the period. Robert Adam. This book contains examples of that style. and shows the ways in which they were designed and decorated. In the mid-Georgian era. between 1750 and 1785. a form of domestic neo-classicism arose that came to be named after the outstanding architect of the period. Robert Adam. This book contains examples of that style. and shows the ways in which they were designed and decorated. Subjects; Adam. Robert 1728-1792 — Criticism and interpretation. Adam. Robert 1728-1792 — Influence. Architecture. Domestic — Great Britain. Neoclassicism (Architecture) — Great Britain. Architecture. Modern — 17th-18th centuries — Great Britain. Decoration and ornament — Great Britain — Neoclassicism. Architecture — Great Britain — History — 18th century. Architecture. Georgian. Architecture — 17th-18th centuries — Great Britain. — History. Interior decoration — History — 18th century. Residences — Interiors — Decoration. Architecture — Domestic — British Isles — 18th century. Interiors and interior decoration — British Isles — 18th century. Individual artists ; Home furnishing & decoration ; Architecture. c 1700 to c 1800. DESIGN / Decorative Arts. ISBN: 0714827274. Weight in Kg appr.:

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