Main entry:

Musée Le Secq des Tournelles.

Title & Author:

Decorative antique ironwork; a pictorial treasury, by Henry René d'Allemagne. Introd., bibliography, and translation of captions by Vera K. Ostoia.

Publication:

New York, Dover Publications [1968]

Description:

x, 415 pages (chiefly illustrations) 31 cm.

Series:

Dover pictorial archive series

Notes:
"This Dover edition ... is a republication of all the plates in the two portfolios of Musée Le Secq des Tournelles à Rouen: Ferronnerie ancienne, originally published ... in 1924."
"Other books by Henry René d'Allemagne": p. x.
Introduction to the Dover edition -- Other books by Henry René d'Allemagne -- Part I: Architectural ironwork -- The museum and its founder -- Grilles -- Locks and padlocks -- Keys -- Escutcheons (keyhole plates) -- Door knockers -- Doorknobs -- Hinges and mountings -- Handles and pulls -- Bolts and latches -- Signs and brackets -- Objects of repoussé or chased iron -- Part II: Small iron and steel objects -- Steel jewelry -- Berlin cast iron jewelry -- Toilet accessories -- Key rings and handbag frames -- Boxes, sweetmeat boxes, snuff boxes, powder horns -- Shears, scissors, shuttles, bodkins, sewing accessories -- Smoking accessories -- Religious, symbols and liturgical objects -- Sundials, tower and table clocks -- Bindings, notebook covers, dance programs -- Small objects of guilloched steel -- Large pieces of iron furniture -- Lighting fixtures and accessories -- Grilles; andirons, tongs, and other fireplace accessories; waffle irons and other kitchen equipment -- Various tools and instruments -- Knives and forks, cooking utensils -- Chests and coffers, missal cases, alms boxes -- Wooden furniture with iron parts -- Objects of varnished sheet iron.

Summary:

4,500 objects on 415 plates illustrate the remarkable variety of decorative ironwork from Roman times to the first part of the nineteenth century in this inexpensive Dover edition of all the illustrative material from the 1924 French catalogue of the extensive collection in the Le Secq de Tounelles Museum in Rouen. This pictorial documentation by the French scholar and collector Henry René d'Allemagne is the most valuable source of information now available for scholars, art historians, crafters, dealers, collectors, and those interested in antique ironwork. The work is divided into two parts. The first part, Architectural Ironwork, includes grilles, locks and padlocks, keys, escutcheons, door knockers, doorknobs, hinges and mountings, handles and pulls, bolts and latches, signs, and brackets. The second part, Small Iron and Steel Objects, includes jewelry, toilet accessories, key rings and handbag frames, small boxes, scissors and sewing accessories, smoking accessories, religious symbols and liturgical objects, sundials, tower and table clocks, bindings, notebook covers, furniture, lighting fixtures, grilles, fireplace accessories, kitchen equipment, and various tools and instruments. Informative captions include places of origins, materials used for new purposes, characteristics of the objects, and historical facts connected with them. The captions have been translated and supplemented with a new introduction and bibliography of d'Allemagne's work by Vera K. Ostola, Associate Curator of Medieval Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

ISBN:

0486220826
9780486220826

Subject:

Art metal-work.
Arts du métal.
metalwork (visual works)
Eisen
Kunsthandwerk
IJzerwerk.
Ornamentiek.

Form/genre:

Biographical fiction

Added entries:

Allemagne, Henry René d', 1863-1950.
Ostoia, Vera K.
Dover pictorial archive series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 109236
Call No.: ID:86-B22019
Status: Available