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Ironwork, Room 114a

Cresting

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

Cresting from a gate, painted and gilt wrought iron with flaming vase and fruit decoration.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Ironwork
Object type
Cresting
Materials and techniques
Wrought iron, painted and gilded
Wrought Iron
Painting (Coating)
Gilding
Brief description
Ironwork cresting from a gate, painted and gilt wrought iron with flaming vase and fruit decoration, made in England, ca. 1700
Physical description
Cresting from a gate, painted and gilt wrought iron with flaming vase and fruit decoration.
Dimensions
  • Height: 90cm
  • Width: 146cm
  • Depth: 10cm
Gallery label
CRESTING from a gate Wrought iron England; c. 1700 Museum No. 709-189(07/1994)
Subjects depicted
Flames
Vases
Fruit
Bibliographic references
  • Höver, Otto. Das Eisenwerk: Die Kunstformen des Schmiedeeisens vom Mittelalter bis zum ausgang des 18 Jahrhunderts. Tubingen, 1961.
  • Encyclopaedia of Ironwork: Examples of hand wrought iron from the Middle Ages to the end of the Eighteenth century. 1927. Pl.203.
  • Dawson, N. English Iron Railings, Gates etc of XVII and XVIII Centuries. pp.17-22.
  • Ingram, H. V. Wrought-iron Gates. Country Life. Jan. 20th 1950. pp. 156-157.
  • Hall, Michael. No Barriers to the Imagination. Country Life. Sept. 3rd 1992. pp.54-55.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
709-1892

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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