Decorative Ironwork of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

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of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Jakob Heinrich von Hefner'Alteneck
Artists, illustrators, architectural and art historians, restorers, dealers, collectors—anyone interested in historical ironwork—will welcome this magnificent treasury of decorative designs produced between the 12th and 17th centuries.
Over 400 illustrations on 86 plates, reprinted from a rare 19th-century French volume of copperplate engravings, reveal a remarkable variety of decorative and utilitarian objects. Focusing primarily on German Gothic ironwork designs that embellished palaces, cathedrals, castles, houses and other structures, the plates depict hinges ornamented with mythical sea creatures and dragons, door knockers decorated with female figures and human heads, keyhole plates wreathed in foliage, chests reinforced with iron bands displaying elaborate artwork, intricately laced metalwork on screens and grilles, elaborately designed keys, finials, candlestands and a host of other architectural... Tovább

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of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Jakob Heinrich von Hefner'Alteneck
Artists, illustrators, architectural and art historians, restorers, dealers, collectors—anyone interested in historical ironwork—will welcome this magnificent treasury of decorative designs produced between the 12th and 17th centuries.
Over 400 illustrations on 86 plates, reprinted from a rare 19th-century French volume of copperplate engravings, reveal a remarkable variety of decorative and utilitarian objects. Focusing primarily on German Gothic ironwork designs that embellished palaces, cathedrals, castles, houses and other structures, the plates depict hinges ornamented with mythical sea creatures and dragons, door knockers decorated with female figures and human heads, keyhole plates wreathed in foliage, chests reinforced with iron bands displaying elaborate artwork, intricately laced metalwork on screens and grilles, elaborately designed keys, finials, candlestands and a host of other architectural and ornamental elements. Notes to the plates identify the objects and provide, when available, a source and date for each.
A splendid record of the inspired decorative flourishes of the past, these beautifully detailed plates will also serve as a lavish source of inspiration for today's designers.
Dover (1996) republication of the plates from Serrurerie, ou les Ouvrages en Fer Forgé du Moyen-Age et de la Renaissance, published by Librairie Tross, Paris, 1870. New Publisher's Note. Notes to the Plates. Over 400 black-and-white illustrations on 86 plates (including two plates of letters). 96pp. X 11«. Paperbound.
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