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"English Leadwork" is a facsimile of an edition that was originally published in 1910. It contains numerous illustrations of medieval spires, rainwater pipe-heads, steeples of the Renaissance period and other leaded objects and items.
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INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. FONTS: Destroyed and Incorrectly Described Examples - Geographical Distribution - Classification by Design - Detailed Description of the Thirty Existing Ancient Fonts - Various Font-like Vessels. RAIN-WATER PIPEHEADS: Early Uses of Down-pipes - Hampton Court - Windsor Castle - Haddon Hall - Knole Park - Dome Alley, Winchester - Hatfield - Guildford - St John's, Oxford - The Character of the Early Work - The Overlapping of Styles - Bolton Hall - Stonyhurst and Bideford - Local Schools of Leadwork - Shrewsbury, Nottingham, and Aberdeen. CISTERNS: Possibilities of Decorative Treatment - The Great Tank at St Fagan's - Methods of Making - West Country and London Cisterns Compared - Detailed Descriptions of Examples Illustrated. MEDIA VAL LEADED SPIRES: The Character of Spires - Classification - "Collar" and "Broach" - Destroyed Cathedral Spires - Existing Leaded Spires - Scots Leadworkers - St Nicholas, Aberdeen - Old St Paul's - Chesterfield. LEADED STEEPLES OF THE RENAISSANCE: Wren's Steeples and the Sky-line of London - A Classification - Class (a), The Two True Spires - Class (b), The Spire-form Steeples - Some Destroyed Steeples - Scottish Examples - The Character of Wren's Work v LEADED DOMES, LANTERNS, AND WALLS - A LOST FOUNTAIN: Curves in Roof-lines, A Slow Development - The Use of Lanterns - Wren's Treatment of Domes and Lanterns - Class (c), Constructive Details of their Leadwork - Archer's Work - The National Gallery - Nonsuch and Cheapside - The Great Foundation of Windsor. LEAD PORTRAIT STATUES: Fairfax - Charles II - William III - Marlborough - Prince Eugene - Queen Charlotte - Sir John Cass - George I. LEAD FIGURES GENERALLY: The Cross of Cheapside - Neptune at Bristol - Karne - Melbourne, Derbyshire - Giovanni de Bologna - Harrowden Hall - Wrest Park - Wilton - Nun Monkton - Methods of Casting - Hampton Court - Syon - Castle Hill - Deceitful Figures - Forgers of "Antique" Leadwork - Studley Royal - The Water Note in Leadwork - Eighteenth-Century References to Statues - Hardwick Hall - Glemham Hall - Enfield Old Park - Norfolk Market Crosses -The London Apprentice. VASES AND FLOWER-POTS: Shenstone on Urns - Melbourne - Parham House - Hampton Court -Windsor - Wilton - Castle Hill. SEPULCHRAL LEADWORK: Romano-British Coffins and Ossuaries - Mediaval Coffins and Heart Cases - Absolution Crosses - Tomb Lettering. VARIOUS OBJECTS AND DECORATIVE APPLICATIONS OF LEAD: Roman Pigs and Pipes - Pilgrims' Signs - Papal Bulla - Ornaments on Woodwork - Charms - Tobacco Boxes - Ventilating Quarries. MODERN LEADWORK: Fonts - Rain-water Heads - Cisterns - The Larger Architectural Uses - Figures on Buildings and in Gardens - Fountains - Vases - Clock-faces - Sundials - Gasfitting - Inscription.
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Lawrence Weaver
Summary
English Leadwork is a facsimile of an edition that was originally published in 1910. It contains numerous illustrations of medieval spires, rainwater pipe-heads, steeples of the Renaissance period and other leaded objects and items.
