Author : Thomas F. Googerty
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 15,88 MB
Release : 2013-07-17
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0486443469
Originally published: Decorative wrought iron work, working drawings and working notes on the making of simple, useful articles from wrought iron, brass and copper. Peoria, Ill.: Manual Arts Press, 1937.
Author : Michael Southworth
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 22,15 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
This book on the history and technology of architectural ironwork aims to impart an understanding of the myriad of forms and uses to which ironwork has been put. In addition, the book describes techniques for restoring and preserving ornamental ironwork. Also shown are many of the traditional patterns and design motifs which can be used as tracings for contemporary design.
Author : Tunstall Small
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 37,1 MB
Release : 2013-01-18
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0486152502
Forty plates of meticulously rendered hinges, grilles, railings, latches, door knockers, and more — selected from English chapels, tombs, castles, and other structures — span more than 600 years of metalworking history.
Author : Margarete Baur-Heinhold
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 18,20 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780764301537
Artists have made gates and fences in wrought iron over the centuries in ornamental designs shown here in hundreds of photos. The restoration of wrought iron is discussed and ironwork examples are organized according to their uses, such as gratings that protect doors and windows, entries and gates from Europe in the Middle Ages, artistic creations of the 17th and 18th centuries, and works of our own day.
Author : Carol Belanger Grafton
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 19,99 MB
Release : 2013-06-10
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486319792
Superb examples of the ironworker's art — elaborately wrought designs for gates, fences, finials, banisters, window grilles, signs, marquees, cathedral screens, and a host of other architectural and decorative appointments, from Gothic style to Art Nouveau — meticulously rendered in fine black-and-white drawings reprinted from rare European and American books and periodicals.
Author : Denonvilliers Co.
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 34,68 MB
Release : 2012-11-21
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486155781
Invaluable source of information for art historians, craftspeople, dealers, collectors, and preservationists includes hundreds of finely detailed illustrations of garden seats, candelabras, moldings, gates, balcony grilles, vases, crosses, funerary ornaments and monuments, finials, doorknobs and many other ornamental features. A rich source of inspiration and royalty-free graphics, as well, for commercial artists and designers.
Author : Thomas F. Googerty
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 18,35 MB
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1473339669
This vintage book contains a comprehensive training manual for students, professional workers, and others interested in hand-wrought ornamental ironwork. Written in simple, plain language and full of helpful illustrations, this volume is ideal for novice metalworks looking for an introduction to the subject. Contents include: "The Spirit of Decorating", "History of Ornamental Ironwork", "Beauty, Strength and Pliability Combined", "Correct Principles in Designing", "Mere Ornament not Decoration", "Decorative Value of Curves and Lines", "The Inspiration of Art and Nature", "Equipment", "The Forge", "Fuel", "The Fire", "Heating", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metal work. First published in 1911.
Author : Gordon Campbell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1277 pages
File Size : 13,50 MB
Release : 2006-11-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0195189485
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture. With over 1,000 entries, as well as hundreds drawn from the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, this topical collection is a valuable resource for those interested in the history, practice, and mechanics of the decorative arts. Accompanied by almost 100 color and more than 500 black and white illustrations, the 1,290 pages of this title include hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art forms and style. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and the Wiener Wekstatte, or delve into the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.
Author : Muse Le Secq des Tournelles
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 1968-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0486220826
More than 4,500 objects on 415 plates illustrate a remarkable variety of decorative ironwork from Roman times to the 19th century. Drawn from a rare 1924 source by a noted scholar and collector, it runs the gamut from door knockers and grilles to jewelry and religious symbols.
Author : Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 28,48 MB
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1607657325
In succession with Blacksmith’s Craft and a facsimile edition of the original 1953 instruction manual, Wrought Ironwork is a practical and essential guide with a focus on technique for the modern smith. With 33 step-by-step lessons and coordinating photography for making a variety of scrolls – from ribbon-end scrolls to beveled scrolls – water leaves, and wavy bars, and eventually onto the creation and assembly of an ornamental gate, practice the fundamentally vital methods to this timeless trade.
