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 6

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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
Georgian architecture
surface form: Regency architecture
influencedBy Palladian architecture
Renaissance architecture
surface form: Renaissance classicism

classical Greek architecture
classical Roman architecture
movement Neoclassicism
namedAfter Adam Brothers
surface form: Adam brothers
period Georgian era
region Great Britain
surface form: 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adam Brothers architecturalStyle Adam style
Georgian hasSubstyle Adam style
subject surface form: Georgian architecture
Syon House hasInteriorStyle Adam style
Adam family notableFor Adam style