The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . Screens of Wrought Iron, which formerly enclosed the Gardens of Han^. 1693] Magnificent Screens of Wrotight Iron. 55 enclose the gardens, and which remained in situ till sometwenty-five years ago—the admiration and delight of everyappreciative visitor to Hampton Court/ They were designed by a Frenchman named Jean Tijou,as appears from a book of copper-plate engravings publishedby him in 1693, entitled Nouveau Livre de Desseins,Invente et Dessine par Jean Tijou A New Booke ofDrawings Invented and Designed by John Tijou ), anddescribed in Fren
The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . Screens of Wrought Iron, which formerly enclosed the Gardens of Han^. 1693] Magnificent Screens of Wrotight Iron. 55 enclose the gardens, and which remained in situ till sometwenty-five years ago—the admiration and delight of everyappreciative visitor to Hampton Court/ They were designed by a Frenchman named Jean Tijou,as appears from a book of copper-plate engravings publishedby him in 1693, entitled Nouveau Livre de Desseins,Invente et Dessine par Jean Tijou A New Booke ofDrawings Invented and Designed by John Tijou ), anddescribed in French and in English as Containing severallsortes of Ironworke as Gates, Frontispieces, Balconies,Staircases, Pannells, etc., of which the most part hathbeen wrought at the Royal Building of Hampton Court. From this work we reproduce the annexed plate, showingtwo of the best screens of the series, from which the readercan judge how magnificent an embellishment they formed tothe gardens of Hampton Court, and how excellent was theworkmanship lavished upon them. Indeed, they are thefinest specimens of decorative ironwork
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjecthampton, bookyear1885
