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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ironwork, Room 114c

Gates

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

Wrought iron gates with cross motif.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Ironwork
Christianity
Object type
Gates
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Gate
  • Gate
Materials and techniques
Wrought iron
Wrought Iron
Forging (Metal Forming)
Brief description
Wrought iron gates with cross motif, possibly from a side chapel, Italy, 17th century
Physical description
Wrought iron gates with cross motif.
Dimensions
  • Height: 151cm
  • Width: 100cm
  • Depth: 2.5cm
Gallery label
GATES Wrought iron Italy; 17th century The cross motif suggests that the gates came from a church, possibly the entrance to a side chapel. Museum No. 619&A-1875(07/1994)
Subject depicted
Crosses (Objects)
Bibliographic references
  • 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.46
  • Encyclopaedia of Ironwork: Examples of hand wrought iron from the Middle Ages to the end of the Eighteenth century. 1927. Pl.178 (1).
  • Ingram, H. V. Wrought-iron Gates. Country Life. Jan. 20th 1950. pp. 156-157.
  • Höver, Otto. Das Eisenwerk: Die Kunstformen des Schmiedeeisens vom Mittelalter bis zum ausgang des 18 Jahrhunderts. Tubingen, 1961.
  • Hall, Michael. No Barriers to the Imagination. Country Life. Sept. 3rd 1992. pp.54-55.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
619&A-1875

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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