Ornamental Metalwork

Pugin's drawings of tomb railings

A design for the railings that surround tombs, in Gothic Revival style, by A. W N. Pugin.

Drawing from the Steedman sketchbook entitled Designs for Iron & Brass work in the Style of the XV and XVI Centuries of 1836.

Early 16th century ironwork on a chapel in Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England

Architect Bailey Scott Murphy's folio volume English and Scottish Wrought Ironwork of 1904 sought to bring together photographs and drawings of the best examples of this art and present them in one uniform scale

Early 16th century ironwork on a chapel in Ely Cathedral.  Bishop West, whose burial chapel this is, supervised its construction in the early 16th century.  Details of the rich ornamentation are highlighted.

Intricately scrolled gate ironwork in the gardens of Trinity College at Oxford, early 18th century

Architect Bailey Scott Murphy's folio volume English and Scottish Wrought Ironwork of 1904 sought to bring together photographs and drawings of the best examples of this art and present them in one uniform scale.  Among the featured examples are several colleges from Oxford and Cambridge, medieval churches, royal palaces, and country houses inspired by the designs of Sir Christopher Wren.

Intricately scrolled ironwork on the top of the gate in the gardens of Trinity College at Oxford, dating from the early 18th century.

Pugin's drawings of church coffers

Pugin's designs for two coffers and two keys, both in full Gothic Revival elaboration. In this case, the word 'coffer' is used for a chest to store valuables.

Drawing from the Steedman sketchbook entitled Designs for Iron & Brass work in the Style of the XV and XVI Centuries of 1836.

Pugin's hand-drawn title page to Designs for Iron and Brass Work drawing book

The title page of Pugin's sketchbook Designs for Iron & Brass work in the style of the xv and xvi centuries, hand drawn in black and red ink using Gothic Revival letter forms and decorative elements. The published version of this book appeared in 1836.

Sullivan's design for the bronze gates of the Wainwright Tomb

Wrought Iron gate at Drayton House in English Baroque Style

Architect Bailey Scott Murphy's folio volume English and Scottish Wrought Ironwork of 1904 sought to bring together photographs and drawings of the best examples of this art and present them in one uniform scale. 

Wrought Iron gate at Drayton House in Northamptonshire, England.  Much of the magnificent ironwork at this house was erected around 1700, using the English Baroque style made popular by Sir Christopher Wren.

Elevation of the bronze grills of Sullivan's Wainwright Tomb