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A design for a gateway and porters' lodges at Syon House by Robert Adam, c. 1769 Grand Neoclassical interior by Adam. Syon House's exterior was erected in 1547 while under the ownership of the 1st Duke of Somerset. Syon's current interior was designed by Robert Adam in 1762 under the commission of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland.
Grand Neoclassical interior by Robert Adam, Syon House, London Details for Derby House in Grosvenor Square, an example of the Adam brothers' decorative designs. The Adam style (also called Adamesque or the Style of the Brothers Adam) is an 18th-century neoclassical style of interior design and architecture, as practised by Scottish architect William Adam and his sons, of whom Robert (1728 ...
Syon House interior, Brentford (1762–1769) Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire (1766–1770) later extensively reconstructed 1816 by Robert Smirke and other architects later; Nostell Priory (1766–80) Newby Hall, Newby Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire (1767–76) Kenwood House, Hampstead, London (1768) Saltram House, Plymouth, Devon (1768–69)
Interior of Syon House, London with Ionic columns and gilded statues, 1767–1775, by Robert Adam. Dining room of Syon House, with a complex ceiling.
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Grand Neoclassical interior by Robert Adam, Syon House, London. Inside ornament was far more generous, and could sometimes be overwhelming. [20] The chimneypiece continued to be the usual main focus of rooms, and was now given a classical treatment, and increasingly topped by a painting or a mirror. [21]
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Remnants of the Northumberland House Glass Drawing-Room are preserved at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The greater Adam interiors for the Duke are at Syon House, executed in the 1760s. At Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, the Duke employed James Wyatt, whose work has been effaced by later remodellings.