. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. ichedwith side scrolls, the fringe over the scrolled lock-rail, and thefinials, etc., are as at Dulwich College. The scroll-work of the hand-some pilasters reaches to the ground below high pyramid arching overthrow has a monogram, perhaps , and awolfs head crest in a pyramidof scrolls, leaves and beaded brackets connect the pilasters with the railings, whichare on a dwarf wall (Fig. 36). A gate with railings much like that at Ormeley
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. ichedwith side scrolls, the fringe over the scrolled lock-rail, and thefinials, etc., are as at Dulwich College. The scroll-work of the hand-some pilasters reaches to the ground below high pyramid arching overthrow has a monogram, perhaps , and awolfs head crest in a pyramidof scrolls, leaves and beaded brackets connect the pilasters with the railings, whichare on a dwarf wall (Fig. 36). A gate with railings much like that at Ormeley House is atBridesfoot House, Iver, 2^ miles south-west of Uxbridge. Thegate is formed of a central panel of scrolls, with tendrils and leaves,between plain bars, and the pilasters on either side are similarlyscrolled, with the typical dog-bars below. The overthrow islofty and oversails the pilasters, with a lyre-shaped pyramid andscrolls clothed with water-leaves, tendrils, and seed-spike railings, on a dwarf wall, are divided into panels by wide 112 English Ironwork of the XVIIth. and X Vlllth Cent^ries ?.^ FIG. 36. THE GATES AT ORMELEY HOUSE, HAM COMYN, del. Plate XI,.
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