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{{Short description|Neoclassical style of interior design and architecture}} {{no footnotes|date=December 2017}} [[File:Syon House 2.jpg|thumb|Grand [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] interior by [[Robert Adam]], [[Syon House]], London]] [[Image:Robert and James Adam. Details for Derby House in Grosvenor Square. Published 1777.jpg|thumb|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 [[neoclassicism|neoclassical]] style of [[interior design]] and architecture, as practised by Scottish architect [[William Adam (architect)|William Adam]] and his sons, of whom [[Robert Adam|Robert]] (1728β1792) and [[James Adam (architect)|James]] (1732β1794) were the most widely known. The Adam brothers advocated an integrated style for architecture and interiors, with walls, ceilings, fireplaces, furniture, fixtures, fittings and carpets all being designed by the Adams as a single uniform scheme. Their style is commonly known under the mistaken plural "Adams style". The ''Adam style'' found its niche from the late 1760s in upper-class and middle-class residences in 18th-century England, Scotland, Russia (where it was introduced by Scottish architect [[Charles Cameron (architect)|Charles Cameron]]), and post-[[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] United States (where it became known as [[Federal style architecture|Federal style]] and took on a variation of its own). The style was superseded from around 1795 onwards by the [[Regency architecture|Regency style]] and the [[Empire style|French Empire style]].
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