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House &• Garden 
A typical metal festoon in the Adam style 
THE FURNITURE of 
the BROTHERS ADAM 
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English arm chairs in the Adam style made between 1780 and 1795. 
The vase-shaped arm-supports continued in the rounded, tapering 
and grooved legs are characteristic of this style. The curved back 
and reversed curve of the back legs are interesting. From the Metro¬ 
politan Museum of Art 
(Continued from page 78) 
husk, flower and fruit, scroll, mask, pieces find delightful places in rooms 
oval, fan and ribbon; animals’ heads, like those of Colonial days when deli- 
legs and paws; painting, gilding, painted cacy and ladylikeness were assumed 
medallions and panels; carving in low companions. We must indeed “mind 
relief; caning, upholstery. Mounts of our manners” with such formal and 
classic design. accurate surroundings. Loafing, even 
Top-. Usually straight, sometimes or- lounging, is inconceivable. It is “com- 
namented and crested, often with vase- pany furniture.” 
When we recall that Adam designed 
sedan chairs, Austin Dob¬ 
son’s lines sing in the 
mind: 
“The Ladies of St. 
James’s go swinging to the 
play”—and we seem to 
catch the flirt of a fan 
through the window of a 
lacquered chair, and the 
scent of the nosegay a 
lover offers by the way. 
“One great reason for the 
success achieved by the 
Brothers Adam,” accord¬ 
ing to Mr. Eberlein, “was 
that they deemed no de¬ 
tail too trivial to receive 
their personal attention 
and care. They felt it both 
their duty and privilege 
not only to design houses 
but to supervise their in¬ 
terior decoration, and they 
did not regard a commis¬ 
sion as completed until 
they had designed all the 
furniture, supervised its 
making and witnessed its 
placing in the positions 
they had planned for it.” 
Mr. and Mrs. G. Glen 
Gould 
shaped finials. 
Back: Straight or slight¬ 
ly raked—inclined back¬ 
ward; oval, rectangular, 
barred baluster; splats in 
lyre, vase and other de¬ 
signs unconnected with 
seat; caned, upholstered. 
Arm: Straight or 
curved; French arm sup¬ 
ported on a vase-shaped 
baluster. 
Seat: Rectangular, 
round or bowed front, 
narrower at back; caned, 
upholstered. 
Leg: Delicate, straight 
and tapering, round or 
square, fluted — grooved 
channels, reeded—raised 
from the surface like rods 
or reeds; classic models 
characteristic. 
Foot: Plain, spade, tap¬ 
ering, turned, carved, or¬ 
namental ankle in classic 
design especially charac¬ 
teristic. 
An Adam room where 
every detail has been con¬ 
sidered is needed fully to 
appreciate Adam furni¬ 
ture; but many .\dam 
A furniture mount 
without back-plate 
An upholstered 
chair arm with vase 
supports 
Ornament for a 
panel of a commode 
.Adam style chair 
with sloping sup¬ 
port 
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