. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. piers are massive and four-sided with scroll and honeysuckle panels,surmounted by the Lansdowne beehive. The purely decorativeparts are of cast iron. The entrance to Sion Park is a noblearchitectural structure by the Adams, in which the metal wortis subordinate. The gates, some 12 feet high, fall to the centrelike a reflected arch. They are of wrought iron except the en-richments below the lock-rail, which are bronze. Richness isgained by intermediate bars, scroll
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. piers are massive and four-sided with scroll and honeysuckle panels,surmounted by the Lansdowne beehive. The purely decorativeparts are of cast iron. The entrance to Sion Park is a noblearchitectural structure by the Adams, in which the metal wortis subordinate. The gates, some 12 feet high, fall to the centrelike a reflected arch. They are of wrought iron except the en-richments below the lock-rail, which are bronze. Richness isgained by intermediate bars, scrolled at the ends, with water leaves,and opening centrally into a lozenge. This is, however, not a very characteristic example of RobertAdams work. A number of his designs are preserved in the SoaneMuseum, and show an extraordinary mastery of details within thelines he had laid down, for frequently there are three or fourrough alternative sketches for the treatment of even a simple gateof small cost. His designs for entrances are sometimes majestic,but rely for their effect either entirely, or chiefly, on the masonry. Plate HOUSE AT BAKER STRliET, ENFIELD. >
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