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 447
Christopher Wren in 1684. A beginningof decorative panels is seen in a balcony over the entrance to a large house in St.^ ~ Peter, St. Albans, whic h has fourpanels of C scrollsbetween the verticalbars and fourtwisted standardssurmounted byballs. In the bal-cony to CupolaHouse, Bury St.Edmunds,… … FIG. 97. TOWN HALL, WALLINGFORD. Balconies 257 repeats the twisted verticals and extra standards with ball finials andthree scrolled panels in front, more or less restored. Those atGuildford, dating from 1683, are finer. In the large balcony to theTown Hall the vertical bars are alternately plain…
Ironwork · Decoration and ornament, English · Architecture
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