Classic Wrought Ironwork Patterns and Designs

Classic Wrought Ironwork Patterns and Designs

Author: Tunstall Small

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-01-18

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0486152502

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Forty plates of meticulously rendered hinges, grilles, railings, latches, door knockers, and more — selected from English chapels, tombs, castles, and other structures — span more than 600 years of metalworking history.


Decorative Ironwork

Decorative Ironwork

Author: Margarete Baur-Heinhold

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780764301537

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Artists have made gates and fences in wrought iron over the centuries in ornamental designs shown here in hundreds of photos. The restoration of wrought iron is discussed and ironwork examples are organized according to their uses, such as gratings that protect doors and windows, entries and gates from Europe in the Middle Ages, artistic creations of the 17th and 18th centuries, and works of our own day.


Traditional Ironwork Designs

Traditional Ironwork Designs

Author: Josef Feller

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-03-21

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0486134431

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From an exceptional collection of the finest examples of German ironwork comes this rich source of royalty-free images for artists and craftspeople. More than 270 illustrations depict a broad variety of magnificent ironworks from the city of Düsseldorf, with finely rendered examples of the craft ranging from elaborate castle gates to ornate weather vanes. Balustrades, screens, balcony railings, and other decorative ironworks abound in this handsome compilation. Derived from a rare, turn-of-the-century portfolio, these splendid designs offer uncommon glimpses of a rich array of motifs that are sure to inspire and delight designers, architecture enthusiasts, antique lovers, and devotees of vintage ironwork.


Wrought Iron in Architecture

Wrought Iron in Architecture

Author: Gerald Kenneth Geerlings

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780486245355

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This classic work documents the many uses and ingenious adaptations of wrought iron in architecture, with numerous examples from the fourteenth century through the twentieth centuries. Gerald Geerlings' extensive introduction details the properties of wrought iron; its textures; tools and terms of the trade; architectural applications, design, motifs, and ornamentation; economic considerations; finishing; and more. The author illuminates the history of wrought iron with carefully researched surveys of the craft in several countries, including Italy, Spain, England, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, and America. Nearly 400 illustrations, including 73 clear drawings and 307 sharply focused photographs of gates, railings, screens, lighting fixtures, bannisters, balconies, door knockers, and other objects, chronicle the evolution of wrought iron as both a structural and decorative material. Special attention is devoted to early-twentieth-century developments and applications of this highly useful metal.


1100 Decorative French Ironwork Designs

1100 Decorative French Ironwork Designs

Author: Denonvilliers Co.

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-11-21

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 0486155781

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Invaluable source of information for art historians, craftspeople, dealers, collectors, and preservationists includes hundreds of finely detailed illustrations of garden seats, candelabras, moldings, gates, balcony grilles, vases, crosses, funerary ornaments and monuments, finials, doorknobs and many other ornamental features. A rich source of inspiration and royalty-free graphics, as well, for commercial artists and designers.


Wrought Ironwork

Wrought Ironwork

Author: Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing

Published: 2021-02-01

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1607657325

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· Second installment in blacksmith textbook series originally published in 1953 · Focuses on the techniques of the trade of blacksmithing · Contains 33 step-by-step lessons and coordinating photography · Learn to make a variety of scrolls, water leaves, wavy bars, and ornamental gates


Artisan Welding Projects

Artisan Welding Projects

Author: Karen Ruth

Publisher: Creative Publishing International

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 9781589232808

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"Provides project designs and complete directions for building 24 innovative metal-work projects. Features the latest in welding equipment and techniques, and offers projects that are both practical and ornamental"--Provided by publisher.


Decorative and Sculptural Ironwork

Decorative and Sculptural Ironwork

Author: Dona Z. Meilach

Publisher: Schiffer Craft

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764307904

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All the fascinating properties of iron and other metals can be creatively explored with 52 color plates and 717 b/w photos and drawings and detailed text. The author discusses the ironworking shop, forge and tools, including anvils, vises, hammers, tongs, punches, centrifugal blowers and machine tools. Forging procedures are explicitly shown.