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Function rules at Massachusetts Hall at Harvard University, 1718–20 Classically proportioned 19th century Georgian manor house, Throckley Hall (1820). Principal elevation, South Wing. Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.
Grand Neoclassical interior by Robert Adam, Syon House, London Details for Derby House in Grosvenor Square, an example of the Adam brothers' decorative designs. The Adam style (also called Adamesque or the Style of the Brothers Adam) is an 18th-century neoclassical style of interior design and architecture, as practised by Scottish architect William Adam and his sons, of whom Robert (1728 ...
By the late 19th century, the "Georgian era" was a byword for a degenerate culture. [47] ... from the 18th century to the present (1968) online university textbook;
A window seat. A window seat is a miniature sofa without a back, intended to fill the recess of a window. [1] In the latter part of the 18th century, when tall narrow sash windows were almost universal, the window seat was in high favor, and was no doubt in keeping with the formalism of Georgian interiors.
Gunston Hall is an 18th-century Georgian mansion near the Potomac River in Mason Neck, Virginia, United States. [4] [5] Built between 1755 [6] and 1759 [7] by George Mason, a Founding Father, to be the main residence and headquarters of a 5,500-acre (22 km 2) slave plantation. The home is located not far from George Washington's home. [8]
Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, interior Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford, facade Curraghmore, near to Portlaw. John Roberts (1712/1714 – 23 May 1796) was an Anglo-Irish architect of the 18th century, working in the Georgian style. Born in the city of Waterford, he is best known for the buildings he designed in that city. [1]
He is regarded as having been one of the "big three" English furniture makers of the 18th century, along with Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Chippendale. There are no pieces of furniture made by Hepplewhite or his firm known to exist but he gave his name to a distinctive style of light, elegant furniture that was fashionable between about 1775 and ...
The interior of the house follows a center-hall plan, with an unusually wide central hall, and an enclosed stair. The downstairs fireplace surrounds exhibit particularly fine 18th-century carving. [2] The construction date of the house and the rear ell are uncertain, owing to a lack of documentary record and conflicting architectural evidence.