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Spanish ironwork (1915)

Byne, Arthur, 1883-1935, Byne, Mildred Stapley, 1875-1941 · [New York] The Hispanic society of America · leaf 224

An illustration from Spanish ironwork, 1915, leaf 224
al courses and cornices are beatenout of sheet metal and make, along with the pilasters,a lavish display of the embossers skill. They arefashioned from metal one-sixteenth of an inch thick,kept rigid by interior transverse tie-pieces. The giltinscription above the spindles is effectively… … FIG. 108. ESCALERA DORADA OR GOLDEN STAIRWAY. Burgos Cathedral. 1519. RENAISSANCE CHURCH REJAS 89 of the personages composing it is framed in a circle offoliation and is a masterpiece of figure-work in iron.A facetious innovation in the cresting, and one servinga practical purpose as well, is the…

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