Author: Carol Belanger Grafton Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486271269 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 132
Book Description
Elaborately wrought designs for gates, fences, finials, banisters, window grilles, bedsteads, cathedral screens, other architectural and decorative appointments, Gothic to Art Nouveau — meticulously rendered in black-and-white drawings reprinted from vintage publications.
Author: Carol Belanger Grafton Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486319792 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 132
Book Description
Superb examples of the ironworker's art — elaborately wrought designs for gates, fences, finials, banisters, window grilles, signs, marquees, cathedral screens, and a host of other architectural and decorative appointments, from Gothic style to Art Nouveau — meticulously rendered in fine black-and-white drawings reprinted from rare European and American books and periodicals.
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.
Author: Denonvilliers Co. Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486155781 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 92
Book Description
Invaluable source of information for art historians, craftspeople, dealers, collectors, and preservationists includes hundreds of finely detailed illustrations of garden seats, candelabras, moldings, gates, balcony grilles, vases, crosses, funerary ornaments and monuments, finials, doorknobs and many other ornamental features. A rich source of inspiration and royalty-free graphics, as well, for commercial artists and designers.
Author: Louis Blanc Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486135780 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 97
Book Description
Over 1,500 attractive black-and-white illustrations — drawn from balconies, gates, grilles, stair railings, and elsewhere — incorporate floral and foliate designs, human and animal figures, musical motifs, heraldic crests, mythological figures, geometrics, more.
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.
Author: Raymond Subes Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486146154 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 50
Book Description
This collection of 122 photographs from the early 20th century displays the range and beauty of Art Deco ironwork. From lamps, hotel sideboards, and sinuous staircase balustrades to screens that look almost Moorish and balcony railings where detailed animal figures seem about to spring to life, each piece is a unique masterpiece of decorative art. This photographic treasury is a rich source of inspiration and an invaluable resource for architects, creative ironworkers, and lovers of antiques.
Author: Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486292606 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 92
Book Description
Artists, illustrators, architectural and art historians, restorers, dealers, collectors--anyone interested in historical ironwork--will welcome this magnificent treasury of decorative designs produced between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries. Over 400 illustrations on 86 plates, reprinted from a rare nineteenth-century French volume of copperplate engravings, reveal a remarkable variety of decorative and utilitarian objects. Focusing primarily on German Gothic ironwork designs that embellished palaces, cathedrals, castles, houses, and other structures, the plates depict hinges ornamented with mythical sea creatures and dragons, door knockers decorated with female figures and human heads, keyhole plates wreathed in foliage, chests reinforced with iron bands displaying elaborate artwork, intricately laced metalwork on screens and grilles, elaborately designed keys, finials, candle stands, and a host of other architectural and ornamental elements. Notes to the plates identify the objects and provide, when available, a source and date for each. A splendid record of the inspired decorative flourishes of the past, these beautifully detailed plates will also serve as a lavish source of inspiration for today's designers. Dover (1996) republication of the plates from "Serrurerie, ou les Ouvrages en Fer Forgedu Moyen-Age et de la Renaissance, " published by Librairie Tross, Paris, 1870.
Author: A. Durenne Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486155714 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 129
Book Description
Finely detailed illustrations, selected from rare turn-of-the-century sources, provide striking examples of decorative ironwork designed to embellish balconies, gates, window grilles, staircases, doorways, and other architectural features. A rich source of inspiration and elegant, royalty-free material for graphic artists, designers, and craftworkers.
Author: Carol Belanger Grafton
Author: Carol Belanger Grafton
Author: Josef Feller
Author: Denonvilliers Co.
Author: Louis Blanc
Author: Tunstall Small
Author: Raymond Subes
Author: Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck
Author: A. Durenne
Author: Maurice Dufrène