English Ironwork of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.
By J. Starkie Gardner. (B. T. Batsford. 2s. neta—The author has collected a large number of beautiful examples of ironwork, chiefly gates which adorn the entrances to English houses. Tho inspirer of the fine workmen who wrought in iron was Jean Tijou. Little is known of his origin except that he came to this country with William and Mary, and was probably a French Protestant refugee in the Netherlands. Tijou was a master and founded a school, and the works of the Roberts brothers and of Bakewell are of very fine quality. The seventeenth century was the time when the art was at its best. The designs in the century following were not so fine, and at last ended in the prettiness of Adam. Those who have not made a special study of the subject will probably be sur- prised at the number and magnificence of the specimens which Mr. Starkie Gardner here shows us.
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