English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft (1911)
Gardner, John Starkie, 1844-1930 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 112
be intentionally plainer, though embossed enrich-ments in sheet iron soon perish if neglected, and are seldomreplaced in restorations. At Burley-on-the-Hill is a pair of imposing gates and wickets(Fig. 22), between lofty fluted stone piers, surmounted by griffins.The overthrow has two bases, the… … a<: XI o 1^ Dn Oh N 58 English Ironwork of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries tasselled drapery. On either side are scrolls with acanthus andsprays of bay leaves. The gates beneath are plain, with four-slender vertical panels and a lock-rail of scroUs, below which arescrolls, .taking the place of…
Ironwork · Decoration and ornament, English · Architecture
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