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Decorative antique ironwork; a pictorial treasury / by Henry René d'Allemagne. Introd., bibliography, and translation of captions by Vera K. Ostoia.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Musée Le Secq des Tournelles.
- Series:
- Dover pictorial archive series
- Standardized Title:
- Ferronnerie ancienne. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Art metal-work.
- Ironwork.
- France.
- Ironwork--France.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, 415 pages : (chiefly illustrations) ; 31 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dover Publications, [1968]
- Summary:
- This rare volume illustrates the history of European decorative ironwork from Roman times to the 19th century. Over 4,500 outstanding examples of antique ironwork are illustrated on 415 plates. Among them are grilles, locks and padlocks, escutcheons, doorknobs, hinges and mountings, signs and brackets, jewelry, toilet accessories, key rings, handbag frames, liturgical objects, and much, much more.
- Contents:
- Introduction to the Dover edition
- Other books by Henry René d'Allemagne
- Part I: Architectural ironwork
- The museum and its founder
- Grilles
- Locks and padlocks
- Keys
- Escutcheons (keyhole plates)
- Door knockers
- Doorknobs
- Hinges and mountings
- Handles and pulls
- Bolts and latches
- Signs and brackets
- Objects of repoussé or chased iron
- Part II: Small iron and steel objects
- Steel jewelry
- Berlin cast iron jewelry
- Toilet accessories
- Key rings and handbag frames
- Boxes, sweetmeat boxes, snuff boxes, powder horns
- Shears, scissors, shuttles, bodkins, sewing accessories
- Smoking accessories
- Religious, symbols and liturgical objects
- Sundials, tower and table clocks
- Bindings, notebook covers, dance programs
- Small objects of guilloched steel
- Large pieces of iron furniture
- Lighting fixtures and accessories
- Grilles; andirons, tongs, and other fireplace accessories; waffle irons and other kitchen equipment
- Various tools and instruments
- Knives and forks, cooking utensils
- Chests and coffers, missal cases, alms boxes
- Wooden furniture with iron parts
- Objects of varnished sheet iron.
- Notes:
- "This Dover edition ... is a republication of all the plates in the two portfolios of Musée Le Secq des Tournelles à Rouen: Ferronnerie ancienne, originally published ... in 1924."
- "Other books by Henry René d'Allemagne": p. x.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has three postcards with images of antique ironwork laid in at front.
- Athenaeum copy: Dornsife Collection/VSA.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Musée Le Secq des Tournelles. Ferronnerie ancienne. English. Decorative antique ironwork.
- ISBN:
- 0486220826
- 9780486220826
- OCLC:
- 197
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