. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. lt;: 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
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. lt;: 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 feature is already seen in Daniel Marots designs, and hadbeen much used by English locksmiths in their key bows. ^*^^***v^. mm
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