. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. ig. 37, p. 114). Tlxe gate design might be hyTijou himself, and the wide and handsome pilasters and talloverthrow added later. It presents the same stiff clusters oflaurel and tufted flame finials emerging from water-leaves seenin Edneys work, and a monogram in a rectangular panel. Nearlyidentical clusters of laurel characterize the high and richly, scrolledoverthrow of the gates at Bulwick Hall, Northants. A light inter-lacing monogram in a moulded circular
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. ig. 37, p. 114). Tlxe gate design might be hyTijou himself, and the wide and handsome pilasters and talloverthrow added later. It presents the same stiff clusters oflaurel and tufted flame finials emerging from water-leaves seenin Edneys work, and a monogram in a rectangular panel. Nearlyidentical clusters of laurel characterize the high and richly, scrolledoverthrow of the gates at Bulwick Hall, Northants. A light inter-lacing monogram in a moulded circular frame forms a centreto this over a mask, acanthus leaves, and family crest. Thefilling of the piers and the scrolled border above are as at St. Marys,Oxford (Fig. 63), and the gates are plain with long drops to thehorizontals, a scrolled lock-rail, and very peculiar dog-bars whichare shaped into ellipses and circles below the arrow , who has illustrated these gates, states that they wereerected between 1710 and 1720, and are regarded traditionally asthe work of a blacksmith from the neighbouring village of The English School of Smiths WE have now traced the work of Tijous great disciples,who early in the eighteenth century created the demand,for richly-wrought iron work in the Western and Midland counties,which they parcelled out and worked between them as if by mutualarrangement. None of their work appears to have reached London,and the unhappy disappearance of Tijou left him without a suc-cessor in the Metropolis. Henceforth London was supplied byLondoners, and as no craftsmen of great ability or taste appearedin the Northern, Eastern, or Southern counties, the fine workrequired was sent from London, while the rest was trusted tothe local blacksmith. Chief among the London men was Thomas Robinson, whafirst adopted a distinctive English style, differing materially fromTijous, whose contemporary and serious rival he remained forat least fourteen years. Whil
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