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

Baluster

ca. 1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Baluster of wrought iron from a staircase, of lyre form with applied acanthus foliage, the central stem with two crinkled leaves.


Object details

Categories
Architectural Fittings
Ironwork
Metalwork
Object type
Baluster
Materials and techniques
Wrought iron
Wrought Iron
Forging (Metal Forming)
Brief description
Baluster of wrought iron, England, ca. 1700
Physical description
Baluster of wrought iron from a staircase, of lyre form with applied acanthus foliage, the central stem with two crinkled leaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 98cm
  • Width: 28cm
  • Depth: 4cm
Gallery label
BALUSTER Wrought iron England; c. 1700 From 12 Charles Street, off Berkeley Square, London. Gift of the Kent Gallery. M.213-1924(1994)
Credit line
Given by the Kent Gallery
Object history
Formerly at 12 Charles Street, St. James's, London
Subject depicted
Acanthus
Association
London
Bibliographic references
  • Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Ironwork. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1985. 48 p., ill. ISBN 0112904157 fig.46h
  • Encyclopaedia of Ironwork: Examples of hand wrought iron from the Middle Ages to the end of the Eighteenth century. 1927. pl.201.
  • A Collection of Iron Balusters. Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Jan. 1932, p.21.
  • Höver, Otto. Das Eisenwerk: Die Kunstformen des Schmiedeeisens vom Mittelalter bis zum ausgang des 18 Jahrhunderts. Tubingen, 1961.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.213-1924

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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