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Ironwork, Room 114c

Balcony

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jean François Cahon (makers)
Place of origin
France (made)

Wrought iron balcony with central monogram of crossed keys and interlaced Ls and Cs supported by hounds. Traces of varnish, grey, light blue grey, red lead, green, black and rust.


Object details

Categories
Architectural Fittings
Ironwork
Metalwork
Object type
Balcony
Materials and techniques
Wrought iron
Wrought Iron
Painting (Coating)
Brief description
Balcony, wrought iron, with central monogram of crossed keys and interlaced Ls and Cs supported by hounds, from the house of Jean François Cahon, France, ca. 1770
Physical description
Wrought iron balcony with central monogram of crossed keys and interlaced Ls and Cs supported by hounds. Traces of varnish, grey, light blue grey, red lead, green, black and rust.
Dimensions
  • Height: 95.55cm (approx.)
  • Width: 335.65cm (approx.)
  • Depth: 90.65cm (approx.)
Content description
Central monogram of crossed keys and interlaced Ls and Cs supported by hounds.
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed keys supported by hounds (Symbols of the Guild of Blacksmiths.)
Gallery label
BALCONY Wrought iron France; c. 1770 The central monogram of crossed keys and interlaced Ls and Cs supported by hounds suggests that the balcony may be the work of Jean François Cahon, blacksmith to King Louis XVI of France (1754-93). The balcony comes from the house Cahon bought in Versailles in 1770, No. 1, Impasse des Ecuries, so the initials are probably his and those of the king, his patron. The hounds and keys are the symbols of the Guild of Blacksmiths. Museum No. M.51-1909(07/1994)
Subjects depicted
Crossed Keys
Hounds
Associations
Guild of Blacksmiths
Louis XVI
Bibliographic references
  • Gardner, John Starkie. Ironwork. Part 2: Continental ironwork of the renaissance and later periods. London, 1896. Vol. II, plate 39, p.100
  • Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Ironwork. London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1985. 48 p., ill. ISBN 0112904157 Fig. 39, p.12
  • Baur-Heinhold, Margarete. Schmiedeeisen : Gitter, Tore u. Geländer. München : Callwey, 1977. 176 p., ill. ISBN 3766704079 Fig. 151
  • Zimelli, Umberto and Giovanni Vergerio. Il Ferro Battuto. Milan, 1966. pl. 40, p.8
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.51-1909

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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