. Forging of iron and steel, a text book for the use of students in colleges, secondary schools and the shop . 10 FORGING OF IRON AND STEEL. Fig. 4 to those already in use. The productions became richerand more elaborate, until Gothic art reached its height,when very elaborate articles were made, such as chande-liers, lanterns and iron fur-niture. Fancy keys (Fig. 4)were made and hung on abackground of colored clothor leather to bring out theeffects. The credit of hav-ing made the first attempts to beautify iron with paintand at the same time to preserve it against rust isgiven to the middle a
. Forging of iron and steel, a text book for the use of students in colleges, secondary schools and the shop . 10 FORGING OF IRON AND STEEL. Fig. 4 to those already in use. The productions became richerand more elaborate, until Gothic art reached its height,when very elaborate articles were made, such as chande-liers, lanterns and iron fur-niture. Fancy keys (Fig. 4)were made and hung on abackground of colored clothor leather to bring out theeffects. The credit of hav-ing made the first attempts to beautify iron with paintand at the same time to preserve it against rust isgiven to the middle ages. Renaissance Period.— Following the Gothic period isthat of the Renaissance, although Gothic details were notrare up to the fifteenth century or even beyond it. In thesouthern countries of Europe, the wrought ironwork of thisperiod was very simple inappearance, the ornamen-tation being flat and pro-duced by punching (), but in the Northerncountries greater richnesswas developed. Duringthis period, the use ofwrought iron greatly in-creased and many newarticles were introduced,such as reading-desks,wash-stands, towel hold-ers
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