{"product_id":"the-genius-of-robert-adam-his-interiors","title":"The Genius of Robert Adam: His Interiors","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Adam was one of the greatest British architects of the later eighteenth century. So widespread was his influence as a decorator and furniture designer that his name has become a household word. But it is the synthesis of architecture  planning and decoration that stands at the heart of Adams achievement as Eileen Harris shows in this elegantly illustrated book. She considers in detail the interaction of each of these elements in nineteen of Adams most accomplished interior projects  including some of the most famous British country houses and London town houses. Most of Adams enormous body of work was in pre-existing houses; the challenges of remodelling stimulated his inventive imagination  and he became a master at turning awkward situations to advantage. Harris has mined archival sources  including the large collection of drawings from the Adam office at Sir John Soanes Museum in London  and fully examined the houses themselves to discover exactly what Adam did in each project and why. Taking into account later alterations and renovations  Adam-revival additions  and so-called accurate restorations of the last twenty-five years  Harris brings to light how much of Adams original work was conditioned by circumstance and how much was left to invention. In her discussions of the planning  decoration  ceilings  carpets  chimney pieces and furniture of such interiors as those at Kedleston  Syon House  Osterly Park  Newby Hall  Culzean Castle  and Home and Lansdowne Houses in London  Harris uncovers the full extent of Adams prodigious achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966657949749,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300081294","price":246.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300081299.jpg?v=1770573276","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-genius-of-robert-adam-his-interiors","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}