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- adjective architecture in the
style of Robert Adam
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Examples
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Decorated with gold leaf and Adamesque pilasters, the interior has a music room; a dining room in ornate, rich red with a Renaissance-style ceiling; and five utterly beautiful interconnecting reception rooms — the perfect party zone, with butlers and champagne cocktails made with gold leaf (hopefully not fallen from the ceiling).
Home Sweet Hotel Mather, Victoria 2007
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Decorated with gold leaf and Adamesque pilasters, the interior has a music room; a dining room in ornate, rich red with a Renaissance-style ceiling; and five utterly beautiful interconnecting reception rooms — the perfect party zone, with butlers and champagne cocktails made with gold leaf (hopefully not fallen from the ceiling).
Home Sweet Hotel Mather, Victoria 2007
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There were Adamesque plaster motifs around, and it all seemed like a grand, oversized dining room in a
Blog updates 2009
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One ascends via a gracefully curved "flying" double stair to the Georgian Revival room with its Adamesque ceiling reliefs and moldings, and arcade piers articulated by marble Ionic pilasters.
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