. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. ver both panels and pilasters, flanksthese on either side. The gates formerly to the East Avenue arealso without overthrow, but each is surmounted by its own pyra-mid of scrolls, like those in Tijous original design for the gardenscreen at Hampton Court, while the piers recall those of the wicketgates in the Long Walk there. Mr. Murphy has called attention tomost of these similarities in the Drayton House work to that ofTijou ; and being ten years later than most
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. ver both panels and pilasters, flanksthese on either side. The gates formerly to the East Avenue arealso without overthrow, but each is surmounted by its own pyra-mid of scrolls, like those in Tijous original design for the gardenscreen at Hampton Court, while the piers recall those of the wicketgates in the Long Walk there. Mr. Murphy has called attention tomost of these similarities in the Drayton House work to that ofTijou ; and being ten years later than most of that at HamptonCourt it may be intentionally plainer, though embossed enrich-ments in sheet iron soon perish if neglected, and are seldomreplaced in restorations. At Burley-on-the-Hill is a pair of imposing gates and wickets(Fig. 22), between lofty fluted stone piers, surmounted by overthrow has two bases, the upper of horizontal plain panelsand the lower of running scrolls, under a high pyramid finishing ina coronet and a rectangular panel with delicate monogram, both over The Work of Jean Tijou, 1690-1710 57. a<: XI o 1^ Dn Oh N 58 English Ironwork of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries tasselled drapery. On either side are scrolls with acanthus andsprays of bay leaves. The gates beneath are plain, with four-slender vertical panels and a lock-rail of scroUs, below which arescrolls, .taking the place of dog-bars, like those of the BowlingGreen gate at Drayton. The wickets match and slope down-wards to minor piers and thence to the level of the railings. The monogram here produced is peculiary interest-ing from its connection with Huntington Shaw and his wife is from the railing of the monument to him formerlyin Hampton Churchyard, destroyed in 1833, now in the posses-sion of Mr. Garraway Rice, Not the least charming of theinnovations due to Tijou are the delicately interlaced monograms,in place of heavy shields of arms in the overthrows of
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