. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Gates and Gateways. 199 not fallen under the spell of Tijou or at least of his book of designs. The horizontal lines are heavily emphasised and the embossed shells at the top of the side panels are unusually prominent. The "overthrow" of the gate is very marked by the range of embossed acanthus leaves (derived apparently from Tijou's gadroon and acanthus border) which connect the two stout horizontals supporting the pyramid of scrollwork, etc. A rather unusual feature; is the trio of oval rings at the base of each side panel. The
. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Gates and Gateways. 199 not fallen under the spell of Tijou or at least of his book of designs. The horizontal lines are heavily emphasised and the embossed shells at the top of the side panels are unusually prominent. The "overthrow" of the gate is very marked by the range of embossed acanthus leaves (derived apparently from Tijou's gadroon and acanthus border) which connect the two stout horizontals supporting the pyramid of scrollwork, etc. A rather unusual feature; is the trio of oval rings at the base of each side panel. The embossed leaves are well executed, though without the natural swirl that characterises them in Tijou's work and connects them organically with the iron tendrils to which they are fixed. For all that, their placing in the design is very happily managed, and could not have been done by a smith who knew nothing of Tijou's pioneer work. The execution is very good, and the repairs which Mr. C. G. Hare has lately superin- tended fortunately did not need to be extensive. No doubt the sue ce e d i n g owners of the gate have been careful to keep the ironwork painted. Without such attention the slight substance of the embossed work would long since have rusted away. Modern craftsmen doing similar leaf- work commonly use sheet copper or sheet bronze, which defies the weather and can be blacked as easily as sheet iron. The history of English wrought-iron gates can hardly be said to have begun until the advent of Jean Tijou in 1689. Further particulars of the career of this great artist are given in a chapter (by Mr. J. Starkie Gardner) in Th& House and. FIG. 285.—GARDEN GATE MADE BY THE BROTHERS Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932; Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876-. L
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