Adamesque, a.
(ædəˈmɛsk)
[f. the surname of the brothers Adam (see Adam2) + -esque.]
Designating architecture, furniture, etc., (resembling that) designed by the Adam brothers; characteristic of their style.
| 1942 J. Lees-Milne Ancestral Voices (1975) 10 A terrible house.., with only a vestige of the eighteenth century in the central stairwell, where there is a trace of Wyattesque or Adamesque treatment, a frieze with ram's skulls. 1951 Archit. Rev. CIX. 312 Davis as a last resort could always compose in the Adamesque manner. 1964 Harper's Bazaar Dec. 90/1 Chimney-pieces with Adamesque decorations on brand new matchwood. 1982 Barr & York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 135/1 An Adamesque surround in classical proportions..should be installed if the original has gone up in smoke. |