. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. FIG. 132. LAMP BRACKET AT TOTTENHAMCROSS, SKETCHED BY J. NORTON. FIG. 131. LAMP BRACKETAT MICKLEGATE, YORK. existence ; but seldom beingconspicuous objects, theyneed to be looked unusually rich examplemade to receive a rect-angular lamp was sketchedat Tottenham Cross in1877 by Norton and pub-lished (Fig. 132). Many Lamp-Holders 289. FIG. 133. A DOUBLE BRACKETAT the red lion, STRATFORD. examples, some of them of great interest, may be discoveredin the courts
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. FIG. 132. LAMP BRACKET AT TOTTENHAMCROSS, SKETCHED BY J. NORTON. FIG. 131. LAMP BRACKETAT MICKLEGATE, YORK. existence ; but seldom beingconspicuous objects, theyneed to be looked unusually rich examplemade to receive a rect-angular lamp was sketchedat Tottenham Cross in1877 by Norton and pub-lished (Fig. 132). Many Lamp-Holders 289. FIG. 133. A DOUBLE BRACKETAT the red lion, STRATFORD. examples, some of them of great interest, may be discoveredin the courts and passages of University towns, and the closesand cloisters of of three at Carlislehave been published by Ben-weU, and they are far fromrare in Edinburgh and else-where in Scotland. Quaintexamples may be found in oldEnglish towns, the finest per-haps in Somerset, where theyare always worth noting. The old inn lamp brackets, frequentlydoubled are usually more modern, we give an example from Strat-ford (Fig. 133). There are good examples at the Red Lion and WhiteHart, Salisbury, the Portobello at Kingsdown in Kent, the NevilleArms at Audley End, and so on. Eight designs in the Chippendaleand the French manners for lanthorn irons were published byW. & J. WeUdon, smiths, in 1765. Two original designs for DrapersHall by the Adams brothers are reproduced (Figs. 134-5). Finerand better preserved examples, such as those supporting the glasslu
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