Heraldry as art : an account of its development and practice, chiefly in England (1907)
Eve, George W., d. 1914 · London : B.T. Batsford ; New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 212
i8g HERALDRY AS ART It must be remembered, in designing firebacks, thatthe work is to be carried out by casting and shouldtherefore be of suitable character. Casting is necessarybecause every time that wrought iron becomes red-hot and cools again it scales, and so loses a considerablethickness of… … Fig. iSi.—Mortar in Cast Bronze. a disadvantage that does not exist in the cast metal.The design in most cases is treated panel-wise within araised border, but in the later backs the outline ofthe design, of the mantling and crest, sometimes formedthe edge of the fireback without a containing rim.…
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