. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. st in arecent restoration. The gates forming the north-west entrance to Tredegar Park,Monmouthshire (Plate xxii), present a superb work, undoubtedlyby William Edney. They consist of four square and massive-looking piers, of almost the same design, the inner ones whichsupport the. carriage gates being on a larger sca^e. Their salientfeatures are the over-massive and disproportionate Corinthian cap-itals, solid and clothed in applied acanthus leaves, under a crown o
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. st in arecent restoration. The gates forming the north-west entrance to Tredegar Park,Monmouthshire (Plate xxii), present a superb work, undoubtedlyby William Edney. They consist of four square and massive-looking piers, of almost the same design, the inner ones whichsupport the. carriage gates being on a larger sca^e. Their salientfeatures are the over-massive and disproportionate Corinthian cap-itals, solid and clothed in applied acanthus leaves, under a crown ofscrolls with tufts of laurel leaves as finials. The fiUing is a repeatingpattern of much acanthus, and the bases are plainand architectural. The gates are high .and .entirely of scrolledpanels with acanthus, repeating twice in each gate, below a narrowhorizontal ? border, with rosette centres. The lofty pyrapaid ofthe overthrow rests on a base of a lozenge and baluster ;pattern,with acanthus husks and mask, the central feature being .a scrolledfleche-bearing a small escutcheon of arms and finishing in a tuft -M. :^-iT£% a: h posz o s i o . ^ s S :« z [^ s < s ^ DW ah o H O William Edney 75 of flame-like twists as at Warwick. Elaborate stepped buttressesof scroll-work and acanthus, support this and bear arrow-pointedfinials. The wickets have buttress-like overthrows with acanthusand a festoon, over scrolled bases. The gates are tall with semi-circular panels of bi-symmetric scroll-work, over rectangular panelsbetween two horizontal borders. A scroll pattern repeats twicebelow the lock-rail with circles for centres. Though evidently-based directly on Tijous work, nothing could be more characteristicof Edney, recalling his work in St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. Theyexhibit most of his characteristics, every part being suffused inacanthus and revealing both his strange dislike to regions of plainvertical bars and predilection for massive square piers with exag-gerat
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