Main entry:

Robertson, E. Graeme (Edward Graeme), 1903-1975.

Title & Author:

Cast iron decoration : a world survey / E. Graeme Robertson and Joan Robertson.

Publication:

London : Thames & Hudson, ©1977.

Description:

336 pages : 506 illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-331) and index.
The British Isles -- Pattern books and catalogues -- Registration marks -- London -- Brighton -- Cheltenham -- Leamington spa -- Great Malvern -- Edinburgh -- Glasgow -- Dublin -- The continent of Europe -- Leningrad and Moscow -- Paris -- The Netherlands -- Lisbon -- Athens -- other European ironwork -- The United States of America -- Catalogues -- New York -- Boston -- Philadelphia -- Baltimore -- Georgetown -- Charleston -- New Orleans -- San Francisco and Columbia -- Australia and New Zealand -- Provenance -- Catalogues -- Indigenous designs -- Portable buildings -- Sydney -- Melbourne -- Adelaide -- Brisbane -- Tasmania -- Christchurch and Wellington -- Empires and influences -- Bombay -- Cape town -- Bermuda -- Toronto, Montreal and Quebec -- Tahiti -- Mauritius -- Mexico City.

Summary:

"In the nineteenth century there was an amazing flowering of ironwork forms, mass produced and widely distributed, but of extreme variety and richness of design. Too often they have been overlooked, or referred to mistakenly as "wrought iron." E. Graeme Robertson's interest began decades ago with the realization that cast iron was being destroyed because its aesthetic value was not recognized. To remedy this situation he wrote a number of books on Australian ironwork and then, with his daughter Joan, traveled all over the world to compile this superb photographic inventory of the forms taken by cast iron ornamentation, its national variations, its relationship to architecture, and its contribution to the attractiveness of buildings. Supported by introductory texts, glossary, and bibliography, Cast Iron Decoration will be equally valuable to architects, art historians, and designers--and to anyone who cares for our cultural heritage. 521 illustrations"--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

0500232547
9780500232545
0500277567
9780500277560

Subject:

Architectural ironwork.
Decorative cast-ironwork.
Ferronnerie (Architecture)
Fonte de fer décorative.
Cast ironwork. Illustrations.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Added entries:

Robertson, Joan, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 27622
Call No.: 2686; ID:88-B13517
Status: Available

Location: Library main 27621
Call No.: 2686; ID:88-B13517
Status: Available