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Balcony Front

first half 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
France (made)

Wrought iron balcony front decorated with symmetrically arranged rococo scrolls, flowers and fruit.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Architectural Fittings
Ironwork
Object type
Balcony front
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Balcony
  • Balcony
  • Fragment
Materials and techniques
Wrought iron
Wrought Iron
Forging (Metal Forming)
Brief description
Balcony front, wrought iron with rococo scrolls, flowers and fruit, French, first half of the 18th century
Physical description
Wrought iron balcony front decorated with symmetrically arranged rococo scrolls, flowers and fruit.
Dimensions
  • Height: 88.2cm
  • Each half width: 142.1cm
Style
Rococo
Gallery label
BALCONY FRONT Wrought iron France; first half of 18th century M.343-1910 Decorated with symmetrically arranged rococo scrolls, flowers and fruit. The flamboyant mannerist style is characteristic of eastern French workmanship.(07/1994)
Bibliographic references
  • Gardner, John Starkie. Ironwork. Part 2: Continental ironwork of the renaissance and later periods. London, 1896. Pl.38, p.99
  • Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Ironwork. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1985. 48 p., ill. ISBN 0112904157 Fig. 40, p.12
  • Lister, R. Art in Iron. pp.113-116. fig.8.
  • Zimelli, Umberto and Giovanni Vergerio. Il Ferro Battuto. Milan, 1966. Pl.45, p.104
  • Baur-Heinhold, Margarete. Schmiedeeisen : Gitter, Tore u. Geländer. München : Callwey, 1977. 176 p., ill. ISBN 3766704079 Fig.104
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.343&A-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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