. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. e was completed, or later. A pilaster in SerjeantsInn is on the same lines, with simpler cap and flask-shapedvase. James Gibbs published designs for railings at about this time,his pilasters rather affecting the lyre type, with rich pyramids ofdolphin scrolls. In one the pilaster is carried higher than thehorizontals, which rise towards it (Fig. 45, p. 130) ; in another theverticals and dog-bars are arrow-pointed (Fig. 46) ; the third hasa scrolled cresting (Fig.
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. e was completed, or later. A pilaster in SerjeantsInn is on the same lines, with simpler cap and flask-shapedvase. James Gibbs published designs for railings at about this time,his pilasters rather affecting the lyre type, with rich pyramids ofdolphin scrolls. In one the pilaster is carried higher than thehorizontals, which rise towards it (Fig. 45, p. 130) ; in another theverticals and dog-bars are arrow-pointed (Fig. 46) ; the third hasa scrolled cresting (Fig. 47); and the fourth is in the Frenchmanner, with spear-heads and tassels, intended to be cast, and aborder of circles at the base. The design for the railings of the still existing screen to theHorse Guards, built by Vardy about 1753, appears in- Isaac WaresBody of Architecture, 1756, the opened-out spear-heads apparentlytaken from Tijous book of designs. His Plate 9, devoted torailings, is reproduced (Figs. 79-82). The first (Fig. 79) is described as a plain railing leaded into a stone curb. The second (Fig. 80) Plate RAILING AND LAMI HOLUliR44 GROSVENOR SQUARE. RAILING AND LAMP HOLDER12 GROSVENOR SQUARE.
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