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.

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