Robert Adam

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architect furniture designer human interior designer

Robert Adam was an influential 18th-century Scottish architect and designer whose elegant, highly decorative style helped define and popularize Neoclassical architecture in Britain and beyond.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Robert Adam canonical	62
Robert Adam (through Kedleston Hall design)	1
Robert Adam buildings	1
Robert Adam townhouses	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architect ⓘ furniture designer ⓘ human ⓘ interior designer ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Scotland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
countryOfDeath	England ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1728-07-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1792-03-03 ⓘ
designed	ceilings ⓘ fireplaces ⓘ fixtures and fittings ⓘ furniture ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer	Adam Brothers ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Scottish ⓘ
familyName	Adam ⓘ
father	William Adam ⓘ
fieldOfWork	architecture ⓘ interior design ⓘ urban planning ⓘ
fullName	Robert Adam self-link ⓘ
genre	architectural treatise ⓘ
givenName	Robert ⓘ
influenced	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ surface form: British Neoclassical architecture European interior design ⓘ Georgian architecture ⓘ surface form: Regency architecture
influencedBy	Classical Greek architecture ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greek architecture Roman architecture ⓘ surface form: Ancient Roman architecture Palladian architecture ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	Adam style ⓘ Neoclassicism ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Scots ⓘ
notableIdea	integration of architecture and interior decoration ⓘ refined Neoclassical ornament ⓘ
notableWork	Adelphi Buildings, London ⓘ Bowood House park ⓘ surface form: Bowood House interiors Charlotte Square, Edinburgh ⓘ Culzean Castle ⓘ Drawing Room at Syon House ⓘ Etruscan Dressing Room at Osterley Park ⓘ Harewood House, Yorkshire, England ⓘ surface form: Harewood House interiors Home House, London ⓘ Kedleston Hall ⓘ Kenwood House ⓘ Lansdowne House ⓘ Kenwood House ⓘ surface form: Library at Kenwood House Luton Hoo ⓘ Osterley Park ⓘ surface form: Luton Hoo interiors Mellerstain House interiors ⓘ Newby Hall interiors ⓘ Osterley Park ⓘ Pulteney Bridge ⓘ surface form: Pulteney Bridge, Bath Register House, Edinburgh ⓘ Saloon at Kedleston Hall ⓘ Syon House grounds ⓘ surface form: Syon House The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam ⓘ Wedderburn Castle ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kirkcaldy ⓘ
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
positionHeld	Member of Parliament for Kinross-shire ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	James Adam ⓘ John Adam ⓘ William Adam the Younger ⓘ
style	highly decorative Neoclassical style ⓘ
workLocation	Edinburgh ⓘ Italy ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London

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Neoclassical architecture → hasNotableProponent → Robert Adam ⓘ

Neoclassicism → majorFigure → Robert Adam ⓘ

Robert Adam → fullName → Robert Adam self-link ⓘ

Harewood House, Yorkshire, England → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ

subject surface form: Harewood House

Harewood House, Yorkshire, England → interiorDesigner → Robert Adam ⓘ

subject surface form: Harewood House

Fort George → designedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ

Charles Bulfinch → influencedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ

Kenwood House → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ

Pulteney Bridge → designedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ

Stowe House → associatedWithArchitect → Robert Adam ⓘ

John Nash → influencedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ

James Adam → sibling → Robert Adam ⓘ

James Adam → collaboratedWith → Robert Adam ⓘ

Mellerstain House interiors → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ

Newby Hall interiors → associatedWith → Robert Adam ⓘ

Saloon at Kedleston Hall → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ

Saloon at Kedleston Hall → hasDesigner → Robert Adam ⓘ

Drawing Room at Syon House → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ

Drawing Room at Syon House → designer → Robert Adam ⓘ

Drawing Room at Syon House → notableWorkOf → Robert Adam ⓘ

Etruscan Dressing Room at Osterley Park → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ

Etruscan Dressing Room at Osterley Park → designer → Robert Adam ⓘ

Adam Brothers → foundedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ

Adam Brothers → hasPart → Robert Adam ⓘ

The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam → author → Robert Adam ⓘ

The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam → depictsWorkBy → Robert Adam ⓘ

The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam → createdBy → Robert Adam ⓘ

Charlotte Square, Edinburgh → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ

Charlotte Square, Edinburgh → notableFor → Robert Adam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robert Adam townhouses

Charlotte Square, Edinburgh → category → Robert Adam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robert Adam buildings

William Adam the Younger → notableFamilyMember → Robert Adam ⓘ

William Adam the Younger → relative → Robert Adam ⓘ

Adelphi Buildings, London → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ

William Adam → child → Robert Adam ⓘ

Kedleston Hall → designedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ

Lansdowne House → designedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ

Lansdowne House → hasInteriorDesigner → Robert Adam ⓘ

Lansdowne House → hasArchitect → Robert Adam ⓘ

Home House, London → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ

Culzean Castle → designedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ

John Adam → sibling → Robert Adam ⓘ

John Adam → notableFamilyMember → Robert Adam ⓘ

Wedderburn Castle → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ

Bute House → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ

Airthrey Castle → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ

Samuel McIntire → influencedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ

Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood → commissionedInteriorDesigner → Robert Adam ⓘ

Ugbrooke, Devon → remodelledBy → Robert Adam ⓘ

Ugbrooke, Devon → hasNotableInteriorDesigner → Robert Adam ⓘ