An important and classic George III giltwood wall light in the manner of Robert Adam. The wall light  surmounted by a classical urn, headed by flowers and supported by a spirally- fluted stem, above ribbon tied tasselled drapery swags and foliate trails. The tablet centred by a patera, and candle branches, all above a carved palm with trailing husks.

Replete with the classical references of the urn, drapery, ribbons and paterae, and of symmetrical balanced and light form, this wall-light features the combination of  design elements that Robert Adam made so popular in the 18^th Century.

Born in Scotland in 1728, Adam was one of the most important and influential architect and designers in eighteenth-century Britain. Riding the wave of an aesthetically charged mid-Georgian age, he created rooms that were displays of erudite classical learning.

 He was renowned for his ability to bind together the architectural and furnishing elements of the houses he was commissioned to develop.

 Adams inspiration for his Neoclassical designs came from his Grand Tour of Europe between 1754 and 1758, which he spent predominantly in Rome.