Classic Wrought Ironwork Patterns and Designs

Author: Tunstall Small
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486152502
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
Forty plates of meticulously rendered hinges, grilles, railings, latches, door knockers, and more — selected from English chapels, tombs, castles, and other structures — span more than 600 years of metalworking history.

Decorative Wrought Ironwork Projects for Beginners

Author: Thomas F. Googerty
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486443469
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
Originally published: Decorative wrought iron work, working drawings and working notes on the making of simple, useful articles from wrought iron, brass and copper. Peoria, Ill.: Manual Arts Press, 1937.

Wrought Ironwork

Author: Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607657325
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 203

Book Description
In succession with Blacksmith’s Craft and a facsimile edition of the original 1953 instruction manual, Wrought Ironwork is a practical and essential guide with a focus on technique for the modern smith. With 33 step-by-step lessons and coordinating photography for making a variety of scrolls – from ribbon-end scrolls to beveled scrolls – water leaves, and wavy bars, and eventually onto the creation and assembly of an ornamental gate, practice the fundamentally vital methods to this timeless trade.

Wrought Iron in Architecture

Author: Gerald Kenneth Geerlings
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780486245355
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
This classic work documents the many uses and ingenious adaptations of wrought iron in architecture, with numerous examples from the fourteenth century through the twentieth centuries. Gerald Geerlings' extensive introduction details the properties of wrought iron; its textures; tools and terms of the trade; architectural applications, design, motifs, and ornamentation; economic considerations; finishing; and more. The author illuminates the history of wrought iron with carefully researched surveys of the craft in several countries, including Italy, Spain, England, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, and America. Nearly 400 illustrations, including 73 clear drawings and 307 sharply focused photographs of gates, railings, screens, lighting fixtures, bannisters, balconies, door knockers, and other objects, chronicle the evolution of wrought iron as both a structural and decorative material. Special attention is devoted to early-twentieth-century developments and applications of this highly useful metal.

English Wrought-Iron Work - Victoria and Albert Museum

Author: Anon
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473380324
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
This vintage book contains a complete guide to the examples of English wrought-iron work contemporarily held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. For each piece treated it provides a photograph coupled with notable information, including a short description, date, measurements, etc. “English Wrought-Iron Work - Victoria and Albert Museum” is highly recommended for those with an interest in blacksmithing and decorative metalwork, and it is not to be missed by the discerning collector of allied literature. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on blacksmithing.

Decorative Ironwork

Author: Margarete Baur-Heinhold
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764301537
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
Artists have made gates and fences in wrought iron over the centuries in ornamental designs shown here in hundreds of photos. The restoration of wrought iron is discussed and ironwork examples are organized according to their uses, such as gratings that protect doors and windows, entries and gates from Europe in the Middle Ages, artistic creations of the 17th and 18th centuries, and works of our own day.

Wrought Ironwork - A Manual of Instruction for Rural Craftsmen

Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473353238
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
This text contains a detailed guide to wrought ironwork, being a manual of instructions for rural craftsmen. It was prepared by the 'Rural Industries Bureau' to provide technical knowledge and provide apprentices with a basic introduction on this subject. Complete with simple, clear instructions and profusely illustrated, this text will be of much value to the novice ironworker, and it makes for a great addition to collections of antique literature of this ilk. The chapters of this book include: Ribbon-end Scroll, Fishtail-end Scroll, Solid Snub-end Scroll, Fishtail Snub-end Scroll, Halfpenny Snub-end Scroll, Bolt-end Scroll, Making a Scroll Tool, 'C' Scrolls, 'S' Scrolls, Collars, Twists, Wavy Bars, Water Leaves, Square Blockings for Gate Rails, etcetera. We are proud to republish this book now complete with a new introduction on metal work.

Baltimore's Cast-iron Buildings and Architectural Ironwork

Author: James D. Dilts
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
Baltimore was an innovator in the development of cast-iron architecture, but the city's heritage of buildings in this genre, once numbering more than a hundred, has dwindled to only a handful today. The Baltimore region also had a long tradition in iron production, beginning with the colonial era and continuing through the 1950s as Sparrows Point became the single largest steel complex in the world. Baltimore's Cast-Iron Buildings is a celebration of a unique aspect of Baltimore's architectural and industrial history. The authors examine cast-iron buildings in an integrated way to show how the material was fabricated and the buildings erected. They also explore the cast and wrought ironwork used for gates, fences, railings, and ornaments. The heavily illustrated work includes ironwork catalogs from the mid-1800s.

Traditional Ironwork Designs

Author: Josef Feller
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486134431
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
From an exceptional collection of the finest examples of German ironwork comes this rich source of royalty-free images for artists and craftspeople. More than 270 illustrations depict a broad variety of magnificent ironworks from the city of Düsseldorf, with finely rendered examples of the craft ranging from elaborate castle gates to ornate weather vanes. Balustrades, screens, balcony railings, and other decorative ironworks abound in this handsome compilation. Derived from a rare, turn-of-the-century portfolio, these splendid designs offer uncommon glimpses of a rich array of motifs that are sure to inspire and delight designers, architecture enthusiasts, antique lovers, and devotees of vintage ironwork.

Colonial Wrought Iron

Author: Don Plummer
Publisher: Skipjack Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781879535169
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
Colonial Wrought Iron is a photographic survey of early wrought iron work in America with 506 photographs from the Sorber Collection. The colonial period in America was centered around the blacksmith who was the maker and creator of these items. The informational text explains the characteristics and the conditions of the period in which the iron was forged. Colonial Wrought Iron is an invaluable resource tool for the blacksmith involved making reproduction hardware and related items, as well as an inspiration for merging form and function. In this book you will find the commonplace and the ornate but they all reflect the hand of fine craftsmanship. The work displayed in Colonial Wrought Iron is from the collection of Jim Sorber. Jim, now in his eighties, has been an avid collector for 70 years. This collection is a result of a life steeped in an enduring appreciation for the skills of his ancestors. Even as a child he was interested in their hand tools and the wonderful things they made. That interest soon grew into a passion. A unique aspect of Jims collection is that it reflects a certain ethnic influence. Much of his collecting has been done near his home in the counties of Berks, Chester, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery and Schuylkill. This area has been settled by German immigrants since the mid-to-late 17th century. Jims collection, many pieces of which are signed and dated, reflects an iron chronicle of the Pennsylvania Dutch migration westward from the Philadelphia area.