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Robert Adam Interior: Video

April 16, 2008 by Vic

Robert Adam, one of the premier architects, furniture designers, and interior designers of his age, was commissioned in 1768 to refurbish part of Saltram House in Devon. He created a suite of rooms in the Neo-classical style to update the house. Click here to view the Robert Adam interior in this silent 3-minute video from the Victoria and Albert Museum

Learn more about Robert Adam here:

18th Century English Domestic Architecture: Robert Adam. This is an excellent post about the architect in the blog, Adventures in Reading.
Robert Adam born in Fife, Scotland: Biography
The Architecture of Robert Adam, 1728 -1792
Robert Adam, detail of Derby House in Grosvenor Square, 1777
After Robert Adam: Design of the ceiling of the library or great room at Kenwood
Take a virtual tour of Bute House (Also see the Georgian House in Charlotte Square, Jane Austen Today.)
Robert Adam

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