. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. GATE IN tHE OLD TOWN, CLAPHAM. Plate 1!?^ GATE IN SEYMOUR , FULHAM ROAD,FORMERLY AT GROVE HOUSE. London Gates 157 mediate link now destroyed. One such, sketched by Norton inQueens Road, Chelsea, had pilasters as sedate as those to ArgyllHouse in the Kings Road. Another, sketched by Norton with-out definite locality, has pilasters of scrolled bars with an oval forcentre and a charming overthrow. A gate at Kensington without pilasters, sketched by Nor
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. GATE IN tHE OLD TOWN, CLAPHAM. Plate 1!?^ GATE IN SEYMOUR , FULHAM ROAD,FORMERLY AT GROVE HOUSE. London Gates 157 mediate link now destroyed. One such, sketched by Norton inQueens Road, Chelsea, had pilasters as sedate as those to ArgyllHouse in the Kings Road. Another, sketched by Norton with-out definite locality, has pilasters of scrolled bars with an oval forcentre and a charming overthrow. A gate at Kensington without pilasters, sketched by Nortonand published, shows the peculiar small rosette in the centre ofthe overthrow, as well as the same finials, a fringe of twisted spikesbetween double thrown-over leaves over the lock-rail, and C scrollsbelow it, a combination conclusive as to its having belonged to thegroup. A sketch taken more fecently, but with no note as tolocality, shows that one even finer than the Clapham or Richmondexamples existed somewhere in the west of London. Here thegate top is elliptical, the pilaster panels of two vertical scroll-ended bars, while the overthrow comprises in monogr
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