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 496
ARCHING LAMP HOLDER AND RAILINGS, 10 DOWNING STREET. Lamp-Holders 283 published by Carter in 1750 (Fig. 126) are less constructive andwould have been difficult of execution. A series of 11 with vesicafilling rise from the railings of the Trinity House. The latestexamples are those on Carlton House… … FIG. 126. DESIGNS FOR LAMP-HOLDERS PUBLISHED BY CARTER IN I7SO. fine example in Essex Street, Strand, bends over without a breakand tapers to a scroll; but more often two lamp-holders uniteto complete the arch which carries the lamp. Our illustration(Plate Lxxxvii) shows the doorway of the historic…
Ironwork · Decoration and ornament, English · Architecture
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