280 THE BROTHERS ADAM AT KEDLESTOX 



but at 

 which 

 convey 



all part of the 

 design, which 

 aimed not at any 

 formal lay out, 

 a result 

 should 

 the im- 

 pression that 

 everything was 

 unstudied, and 

 that skill was 

 bestowed not in 

 makingan effect, 

 but merely in 

 seizing on the 

 effects supplied 

 by nature and 

 using them to 

 the best advan- 

 tage. 



Paine did not 

 finish the house. 

 Before it was 

 completed he 

 was replaced by 

 the brothers 

 Adam, who car- 

 ried out all the decoration of the interior and also designed 

 much of the furniture. 



Of the brothers Adam (there were four of them), Robert 

 was the most gifted, and it is his work which gave rise to the 

 well-known " Adam " style. He, too, had a training of several 

 years in Italy (from 1754 to 1758), but, more adventurous than 

 other students, he paid a visit of some weeks' duration to Spalato 

 in Dalmatia, where he occupied himself, with the help of 

 companions, in taking measurements and making drawings of 

 Diocletian's palace. According to one authority l these studies 

 were the foundation of his future style. Much of the furniture 

 at Kedleston, however, is more nearly allied to the type 



1 Mr Percy Fitzgerald, M.A., F.S.A., in his " Robert Adam." 



FIG. 194. Houses in Portland Place, London. 



