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 426
him, still preserves itsiandsome railing<Fig. 87). The ver-ticals finish in mace-heads, and there arefleur-de-lis and honey-suckle borders. Thepilaster is a lyre withfan and honeysuckleenrichments. In thefinished drawing ofthe elevation in theSoane Museum the four pilasters are surmounted by… … RAILING, BY ROBERT ADAM,JAMEs SQUARE, I773. 244 English Ironwork of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries (Plate Lxxiii), with its lamp standards complete. It was completedonly a year or two later, in 1775. The vertical bars are spiked withborders of ovals and arrow-points, and lozenge centres, and…
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