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Contet, F. (Frédéric), 1873- · 1922 · Paris : F. Contet · 65 pictures

A 1922 Paris plate book by F. Contet, collecting forty plates of old French ironwork from the twelfth to eighteenth centuries, aimed at craftsmen and students of decorative metalwork. The photographs show close views of studded iron door panels with scrolling foliate straps, a carved iron escutcheon with pierced tracery, a hinged iron latch plate with flowing leaf patterns, and a gothic-arched relief panel with figures, suggesting medieval and Gothic motifs for wrought ironwork, strap ornament and studded surfaces.

Ironwork · Decoration and ornament -- Louis XV style · Decoration and ornament -- Louis XVI style · Decoration and ornament -- France

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