Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 153
ns which intervened between the delivery at his forge ofrough bars of iron and the production of such a work as the St.Swithins grille, had to be performed with his own hand, under thecontrol of his own fallible but masterful eye. Putting aside stampedwork, his material and his way of using it were… … IRONWORK FIG. 251.—CANADA GATES, BUCKINGHAM PALACE. decisive treatment of iron while it is transiently in a plastic conditionmust be regarded as the true art of the blacksmith, and of necessity leadsto vigorous and masculine effects. The tools of the smithy properconsist of forge and bellows,…
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