Color: Black; Gold
"Wrought Iron and Its Decorative Use" by Maxwell Ayrton and Arnold Silcock (London; Country Life LTD., 1929), 196 pp. A hardcover book with a gray cover and black spine, featuring the title inset in a black box on the top right corner with lettering and border in gold. The title, author's name, and publisher are in gold lettering on the spine. Inside, the work contains chapters on the general history of ironwork; an introductory to ironwork; fourteenth to seventeenth centuries; seventeenth century developments; iron smith Jean Tijou; the Welsh Smiths; the West of England Smiths; miscellaneous examples; and the decay and revival of Smith-craft. Also included are many line drawings and black and white photographs. With light abrasions along the corner edges, the book is in good condition.
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Architecture, Ironwork
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Books, Decoration and ornament, Architectural, Decorative cast-ironwork, Metal-work
