Railings
ca. 1700 (made)
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Object Type
Wrought iron baluster with foliate decoration. This baluster is part of a large staircase. Another part of it (museum no. M.56-1921) can be seen in the Ironwork Gallery (113) and this piece includes similar foliage as well as masks and cloths of estate - motifs common in the work of Jean Tijou.
Place
This baluster comes from 35 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London which was destroyed by a bomb in 1941. The house was originally built in 1659 and was later rebuilt in 1754 by Sir Robert Taylor (died 1788).
Style
The baluster either pre-dates the 1754 house or was deliberately made to look old fashioned, as both the style and technique of the balusters and balcony made for the house bear a close resemblance to the work of Jean Tijou (active in England 1687 -1712). Whilst there is nothing to prove that this baluster is the work of Tijou it was certainly created in his style and, if dating from 1754, attests to his lasting influence.
Wrought iron baluster with foliate decoration. This baluster is part of a large staircase. Another part of it (museum no. M.56-1921) can be seen in the Ironwork Gallery (113) and this piece includes similar foliage as well as masks and cloths of estate - motifs common in the work of Jean Tijou.
Place
This baluster comes from 35 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London which was destroyed by a bomb in 1941. The house was originally built in 1659 and was later rebuilt in 1754 by Sir Robert Taylor (died 1788).
Style
The baluster either pre-dates the 1754 house or was deliberately made to look old fashioned, as both the style and technique of the balusters and balcony made for the house bear a close resemblance to the work of Jean Tijou (active in England 1687 -1712). Whilst there is nothing to prove that this baluster is the work of Tijou it was certainly created in his style and, if dating from 1754, attests to his lasting influence.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 50 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wrought iron |
| Brief description | Baluster from a staircase in a house in Lincoln's Inn Fields |
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| Credit line | Given by the Honourable Bedford Level Corporation |
| Object history | From a house at 35 Lincoln's Inn Fields, re-built in 1754; possibly made at that time in an earlier style. |
| Production | From a house at 35, Lincoln's Inn Fields, re-built in 1754; possibly made at that time in an earlier style |
| Summary | Object Type Wrought iron baluster with foliate decoration. This baluster is part of a large staircase. Another part of it (museum no. M.56-1921) can be seen in the Ironwork Gallery (113) and this piece includes similar foliage as well as masks and cloths of estate - motifs common in the work of Jean Tijou. Place This baluster comes from 35 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London which was destroyed by a bomb in 1941. The house was originally built in 1659 and was later rebuilt in 1754 by Sir Robert Taylor (died 1788). Style The baluster either pre-dates the 1754 house or was deliberately made to look old fashioned, as both the style and technique of the balusters and balcony made for the house bear a close resemblance to the work of Jean Tijou (active in England 1687 -1712). Whilst there is nothing to prove that this baluster is the work of Tijou it was certainly created in his style and, if dating from 1754, attests to his lasting influence. |
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| Accession number | M.56-1921 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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