to work with such able cabinet-makers as John Linnell, Thomas Chippendale, and Ince and Mayhew. So many able designers were working in this style in London from circa 1770 that the style is currently more usually termed Early Neoclassical. It was typical of Adam style to combine decorative neo-Gothic details into the classical framework. So-called "Egyptian" and "Etruscan" design motifs were minor features. The Adam style is identified with: Classical Roman decorative motifs, such as framed medallions, vases, urns and tripods, arabesque vine scrolls, sphinxes, griffins, and dancing nymphs Flat grotesque panels Pilasters Painted ornaments, such as swags and ribbons Complex pastel colour schemes The Adam style was superseded from around 1795 onwards by the simpler Regency style in Britain; and the French Empire style in France and Russia, which was a more imperial and self-consciously archeological style, connected with the First French Empire. Influences The Adam style was strongly influenced by: Frescoes and wall paintings found in the newly excavated Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum Greek black and red-figure painted vases, which were being excavated and collected in large numbers from Etruscan tombs in Italy, and then thought to be Etruscan. Classical Greek architecture, which was known in Britain through publications such as James Stuart and Nicholas Revett's book The Antiquities of Athens published in 1762. Revival Interest in the Adam style was revived in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, initiated by a spectacular marquetry cabinet by Wright & Mansfield exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1867. Reproduction furniture in the general "Regency Revival" style, to which the Adam revival was closely linked, was very popular with the expanding middle classes from circa 1880 to 1920. They were attracted to the light and elegant designs, as a contrast to the heavier and more cluttered interiors which had dominated their homes during the second half of the 19th century. The revival competed with the Arts and Crafts style, which continued to be popular in Britain up to the 1930s. The Adam and Regency revivals, however, lost mainstream momentum after World War I, being replaced by Art Deco in popular taste. Gallery See also List of architectural styles George Hepplewhite Thomas Sheraton References Eileen Harris, The Furniture of Robert Adam Bibliography Spencer-Churchill, Henrietta (1997) Classic Georgian Style, Collins & Brown, Harris, Eileen (2001) The Genius of Robert Adam: His Interiors Parissien, Steven (1992) Adam Style, Phaidon, External links Architectural