Author: Stewart Iron Works Company (Cincinnati, Ohio)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architectural ironwork
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Iron Fence, Entrance Gates and Ornamental Iron Work
Author: Stewart Iron Works Company (Cincinnati, Ohio)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architectural ironwork
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Decorative Ironwork
Author: Margarete Baur-HeinholdPublisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764301537
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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.
The American Contractor
Author: An Ornament to the City
Author: John Sturdivant SledgePublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820327006
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The "iron lace" that graces the businesses, homes, squares, and cemeteries of Mobile, Alabama, is as vital a part of that southern port city as it is of New Orleans, Charleston, and Savannah. Until now, its story has never been fully told. In this attractive volume, John S. Sledge's rich narrative, combined with evocative historic images and Sheila Hagler's stunning contemporary photographs, eloquently conveys as never before how ornamental cast iron defines Mobile's heart and soul. Cast iron was the wonder of the Victorian age, according to Sledge. In Mobile, the material's diverse applications were on display in hulking locomotives and boilers, flamboyant fountains, imposing fences, and endless other forms and structures. The city's ornate iron balconies, dozens of which still remain, elicited the greatest wonder, then as now. Local publications have long extolled Mobile's enchanting ironwork. Only now, however, has the subject been situated within national trends in design, industry, and consumer tastes. It is a colorful saga featuring rawboned iron founders, artisan slaves, hustling salesmen, conniving architects, willful plunderers, romantic artists, and dedicated preservationists. Drawing on rare surviving business records and other archival sources, Sledge skillfully reconstructs how the local iron industry developed and then fiercely competed with big northern foundries. As a working preservationist, Sledge pays particular attention to how many of Mobile's most splendid ornamental iron pieces have weathered hard times, natural disasters, and misguided development to remain a delight for tourists and residents alike. Hagler's beautiful photographs provide a powerful and sometimes moody visual accompaniment to this fascinating tale.
Arts & Decoration Combined with the Spur
Author: New Country Life
Author: The American Exporter
Author: House & Garden
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
"Sweet's" Catalogue of Building Construction for the Year 1911
Author: Architectural RecordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building materials
Languages : en
Pages : 2072
Book Description
Polk's Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business enterprises
Languages : en
Pages : 2994
Book Description