A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 518
METAL WORK: BRONZE ALTAR IN THE CATHEDRAL, BRUNSWICK. METAL WORK wlien a hinge of wrouglit iron is to he made fora ciuirch duur with deliberate decorative pur-pose, it is easy to terminate each strap by a seriesof branches, partly by catting the strap iron it-self and bending one sprig or branch… … METEZEAU this connection that gilding has become so com-mon in the case of ironwork. Magnificentgrilles of the eighteenth century and othermodern imitations of equal refinement and elab-oration, if of less original beauty, are commonlygilded in great part, and this extensive gildingoften injures…
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