Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1861)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890 · London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts · leaf 160
here in Franconia,may be seen much ornament of beaten iron of great beauty,especially candelabra decorated by imitations of flowers,eisen-blumen, admired and preserved with as much respect asany other work of art. Bronze is, however, here in the old BEATEN IRON. 143 Franconian towns, as in Italy,… … Peter Vischer, by himself. On St. Sebalds Shrine. employing so largely the ingenuity of the Parisian designersat the present day, the more facile is their manufacture. This abandonment of beaten iron as a material for thetreatment of the designer is much to be regretted; its^ 144 HALF-HOUR LECTURES.
Art · Decoration and ornament · Fore-edge painting
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