Leadwork, old and ornamental, and for the most part English (1893)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London, Macmillan · leaf 90
LEADWORK [sect. 78 ample knowledge of the ultimate form desired ; so a leaf cut out of a sheet is hammered and twisted till it cups and curls itself into living grace. In these hnials applied castings were also used, and at the end of the fifteenth century they superseded repousse for a time. Many… … Fig 38. — A Valance. Beaune are preserved. The castings were not so free and decorative however as those done by repousse. Of piercing into delicate tracery the pipe- heads at Haddon give many charming examples. At Aston Hall, Warwickshire, the curved lead roofs of the turrets have all round the…
Leadwork
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