Decorative Ironwork

by Umberto Zimelli and Giovanni Vergerio

Paul Hamlyn Cameo Art Series

Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1970, colour photographic plates throughout, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, previous owners stamp inside front cover, dust-jacket minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing to edges and corners, (see photographs)

"A brief glance at the illustrations in this book is enough to reveal the amazing virtuosity of the blacksmith's art, an art which has modestly flourished from the Middle Ages to the present day.
In the Middle Ages, heavy wooden doors were reinforced and incidentally decorated with ironwork mounts, hinges and bolts.  Later, ironwork began to be used in churches for screens across the choir and around chapels and tombs.
By the Renaissance, craftsmen were also producing splendid lamp-holders, fire-screens, gates and coffers.
In 18th-century France, the outstanding craftsman was Jean Lamour, smith to the court of King Stanislas at Nancy where examples of his workmanship can still be seen."