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Ironwork, Room 114c

Window Grille

17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Aachen (made)
Germany (made)

Wrought iron window grille, with round-sectioned bars threaded through round collars,


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Architectural Fittings
Ironwork
Object type
Window grille
Materials and techniques
Wrought iron
Wrought Iron
Forging (Metal Forming)
Brief description
Ironwork window grille, with round-sectioned bars threaded through round collars, wrought iron, Germany, 17th century
Physical description
Wrought iron window grille, with round-sectioned bars threaded through round collars,
Dimensions
  • Height: 113cm
  • Width: 55.5cm
  • Depth: 3cm
Gallery label
THREE WINDOW GRILLES Wrought iron Germany; 17th century The round-sectioned bars threaded through round collars are typical of German work. These grilles come from the church of St Nicholas, Aachen. Museum No. 991&A, 992-1893(07/1994)
Bibliographic references
  • Gardner, John Starkie. Ironwork. Part 2: Continental ironwork of the renaissance and later periods. London, 1896. p.33
  • Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Ironwork. London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1985. 48 p., ill. ISBN 0112904157 fig.30, p.10
  • Encyclopaedia of Ironwork: Examples of hand wrought iron from the Middle Ages to the end of the Eighteenth century. 1927. pl.103.
  • Griggs, W. Iron work : 53 plates, from objects and drawings in the South Kensington Museum, reproduced by W. Griggs. London : W. Griggs & Sons Ltd., 1898. pl.41
  • Höver, Otto. Das Eisenwerk: Die Kunstformen des Schmiedeeisens vom Mittelalter bis zum ausgang des 18 Jahrhunderts. Tubingen, 1961.
  • Aachener Museumsvereins. Aachener Kunstblätter. Aachen, 1963. pl.30, p.49.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
992-1893

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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