. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. well as thelower, and the lock-rail is narrower. They have also a centralvertical border and two side borders repeating exactly thqse usedin the Lion gates (Fig. 17). A distinctive character is .given by a defensive; design above,but the backstandards- arecarried up andscrolled round avery large rosette,,from which , pro-ceeds a second topbar dipping- to thecentre, into whichhandsome spikesare riveted, recall-ing, and havingthe same
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. well as thelower, and the lock-rail is narrower. They have also a centralvertical border and two side borders repeating exactly thqse usedin the Lion gates (Fig. 17). A distinctive character is .given by a defensive; design above,but the backstandards- arecarried up andscrolled round avery large rosette,,from which , pro-ceeds a second topbar dipping- to thecentre, into whichhandsome spikesare riveted, recall-ing, and havingthe same much oldergate tops outsideHereford Cathe-dral. The resulting spandrel spaces are-filled with a broken scroll andsmaller rosette. The gates to the Clarendon Printing Press havethe same motif, h\it the lock-rail panel is omitted, and the designof the upper panel is bi-symmetric as at Hampton Court. The semi- ?circular grill abo-v^e, though rich with acanthus leaves and festoons, isnearer to one at Drayton House than to Tijous Burleigh gates and grill is a curious frieze of four compressed quatre-. FIG. I9A. MASK BY TIJOU FROM THE GARDEN ? SCREEN AT -HAMPTON COURT. Plate VTT,
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