Adam style

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Adam style is an 18th-century neoclassical architectural and interior design style characterized by light, elegant ornamentation and harmonious proportions, developed by the Scottish Adam brothers.

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Adam style canonical 7

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
interior design style ⓘ
neoclassical style ⓘ
appliedTo country houses ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
townhouses ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
developer James Adam ⓘ
John Adam ⓘ
Robert Adam ⓘ
William Adam ⓘ
field architecture ⓘ
decorative arts ⓘ
interior design ⓘ
hasCharacteristic delicate stucco work ⓘ
elegant ornamentation ⓘ
flat decorative panels ⓘ
harmonious proportions ⓘ
integrated architecture and interior design ⓘ
light ornamentation ⓘ
low-relief ornament ⓘ
refined classical detail ⓘ
use of pastel colors ⓘ
inception 18th century ⓘ
influenced Federal style architecture ⓘ
Regency architecture ⓘ
influencedBy Palladian architecture ⓘ
Renaissance classicism ⓘ
classical Greek architecture ⓘ
classical Roman architecture ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
namedAfter Adam brothers ⓘ
linked to: Adam Brothers
period Georgian era ⓘ
region Britain ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain

England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
typicalElement coordinated furniture designs ⓘ
decorated ceilings ⓘ
elaborate fireplaces ⓘ
geometric room layouts ⓘ
ornamental friezes ⓘ
usesMotif anthemion patterns ⓘ
arabesques ⓘ
classical medallions ⓘ
classical pilasters ⓘ
swags ⓘ
urns ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adam Brothers → architecturalStyle → Adam style ⓘ
Georgian architecture → hasSubstyle → Adam style ⓘ
subject linked to: Georgian
Syon House → hasInteriorStyle → Adam style ⓘ
Adam family → notableFor → Adam style ⓘ