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See also:COLUMBANI, PLACIDO , See also:Italian architectural designer,. who worked chiefly in See also:England in the latter See also:part of the 18th See also:century. He belonged to the school of the See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams and See also:Pergolesi, and like them frequently designed the enrichments of See also:furniture. He was a prolific producer of See also:chimney-pieces, which are often mistaken for See also:Adam See also:work, of moulded friezes, and painted plaques for cabinets and the like. There can be no question that the See also:English furniture designers of the end of the 18th century, and especially the Adams, See also:Hepplewhite and See also:Sheraton, owed much to his graceful, flowing and classical conceptions, although they are often inferior to those of Pergolesi. His books are still a valuable See also:store-See also:house of sketches for See also:internal architectural decoration. His See also:principal See also:works are:—Vases and Tripods (1970); A New See also:Book of Ornaments, containing a variety of elegant designs for See also:Modern Panels, commonly executed in See also:Stucco, See also:Wood or See also:Painting, and used in decorating Principal Rooms (1775); A variety of Capitals, Friezes and Corniches, and how to increase and decrease them, still retaining their proportions (1776). He also assisted See also:John See also:Crunden in the See also:production of The Chimney-piece Makers' Daily Assistant (1776).
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