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The Art journal (1849)

London : George Virtue · leaf 271

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iron gates in almost infinite variety ; but we seldom see any departure from a few well-worn and what may be called respectable types. The designs for fleche terminations which follow Nos. 5, 6, and 7, are also French, but very obviously not modem French. That which especially marks them out as… … No. 6.— Fleche Termination. at the same time retaining the lightness properly characteristic of iron work, and allowing the construction of the work to be seen. This is essentially a wrought- in; n design ; it is what could be done by no other method, and in no other material. In No. 5, the…

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