Synopses & Reviews
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: 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.
Synopsis
4,500 objects on 415 plates illustrate the remarkable variety of decorative ironwork from Roman times to the first part of the nineteenth century in this inexpensive Dover edition of all the illustrative material from the 1924 French catalogue of the extensive collection in the Le Secq de Tounelles Museum in Rouen. This pictorial documentation by the French scholar and collector Henry Rene d'Allemagne is the most valuable source of information now available for scholars, art historians, crafters, dealers, collectors, and those interested in antique ironwork.
The work is divided into two parts. The first part, Architectural Ironwork, includes grilles, locks and padlocks, keys, escutcheons, door knockers, doorknobs, hinges and mountings, handles and pulls, bolts and latches, signs, and brackets. The second part, Small Iron and Steel Objects, includes jewelry, toilet accessories, key rings and handbag frames, small boxes, scissors and sewing accessories, smoking accessories, religious symbols and liturgical objects, sundials, tower and table clocks, bindings, notebook covers, furniture, lighting fixtures, grilles, fireplace accessories, kitchen equipment, and various tools and instruments.
Informative captions include places of origins, materials used for new purposes, characteristics of the objects, and historical facts connected with them. The captions have been translated and supplemented with a new introduction and bibliography of d'Allemagne's work by Vera K. Ostola, Associate Curator of Medieval Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Synopsis
Photographs of 4,500 iron artifacts from world's finest collection, Rouen. Nothing else comparable to it.
Synopsis
Over 4,500 outstanding examples of antique ironwork are illustrated on 415 plates: grilles, locks and padlocks, escutcheons, doorknobs, hinges and mountings, signs and brackets, jewelry, toilet accessories, key rings, handbag frames, and more.
Synopsis
More than 4,500 objects on 415 plates illustrate a remarkable variety of decorative ironwork from Roman times to the 19th century. Drawn from a rare 1924 source by a noted scholar and collector, it runs the gamut from door knockers and grilles to jewelry and religious symbols.
Synopsis
Drawn from a rare 1924 source by a noted scholar, over 4,500 outstanding examples of antique ironwork run the gamut from door knockers and grilles to jewelry and religious symbols.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION TO THE DOVER EDITION
OTHER BOOKS BY HENRY RENE D'ALLEMAGNE
Part I / Architectural Ironwork
THE MUSEUM AND ITS FOUNDERS
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