Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 166
very beautifultreatment of metal, we give one segment of the Hereford Cathedral Screen (Fig. 171;.the work of that most intelligent of metal-workers, Mr. Skidmore of Coventry.This screen was shown in the International Exhibition of 18(i;2, in London, and wasfrom there removed to its place in the… … Fig. 172, correct mode of working be employed. Let a bar of iron be taken which is abouthalf an inch in thickness, by lj broad. This can be rolled into a volute (the filigreemode of treatment), or its end can be hammered out into stems and leaves, and to itcan be attached other leaves by rivets,…
Decoration and ornament
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