Author: D'Allemagne, Henry Rene
Title: Ferronnerie Ancienne, Volume 1 and 2
Description: Paris, J. Schemit, 1924. Hardcover. Two volume set, 3/4 leather with 5-raised bands and tope edge gilt. Volume 1: xxviii text, ccvi bw plates. Volume 2: viii text bw plates ccvii-ccccxv. Rear of volume 2 has a xxiv page master index. Text is in French. First volume: Serrurerie Monumntale. 206 plates containing 2225 documents from the 12th to the end of the 18th century. Second volume, Ferronnerie Ancienne, 208 plates containing 2300 documents. Second volume has a table of content booklet in the rear listing all the plates for both volumes. A stunning and comprehensive presentation of 4500 objects of pre-industrial wrought iron items on display at Musee Le Secq des Tournelles, France (the museum is housed in in a 16th-century church.). VG-, light wear to leather (particularly the 5 bands on the spine) and cover corners, bindings quite strong.

Keywords: European Metalwork; European Decorative Arts ; French Ironwork ; ; Metalwork - European


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