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t\vo feet to nine feet by about 

 one inch in breadth, were sold 

 in bundles for this purpose. 

 The most general method of 

 fastening the laths together 

 was by means of one strand 

 of iron wire, and not by nails 

 (which is the method usual 

 nowadays). When tied with 

 wire the treillage lasts longer 

 and any little irregularity in 

 its lines is by no means .ob 

 jectionable. 



Besides the construction 

 of berceaux and all kinds of 

 architectural features, the 

 treillageur was expected to 



be skillul in the modelling of flowers and in composing garlands and bouquets, the leaves of 

 which cut out from thin sheet-iron, were afterwards painted or gilt : &quot; Garlands of jasmine, roses, honey 

 suckle and other creeping plants arranged in a happy disorder leave us in doubt as to whether we are the 

 more affected by nature or by art. . . . The science of the Treillageur is not confined to their ateliers, 

 it is not an art of routine, but wants experience, taste and a knowledge of geometry, of architecture (as 

 regards decoration), of drawing and of design ; above all of flowers, to fashion them well and to compose 

 garlands and bouquets.&quot; 



There is no lack of engravings of French treillage. Mariettc s &quot;Architecture a la Mode&quot; gives 

 many examples, and besides these there are the designs of 1 erelle, Langlois, Sylvestre, Le Pautre, Le 

 Barbier, Nt e d Argeuville and Jacques Boyceau. \\ at lean s well-known picture, &quot; Le Toueur de Flute,&quot; 

 and l.ancret s &quot; Partie des Plaisirs &quot; have delightful circular treillage temples. Some drawings of Hutin 

 preserved in the Bibliotheque Nationale show the superb treillage pavilions erected by the City of Paris 

 in the Place Louis le Grand on the occasion of the marriage of the Dauphin in 1745. Baudoin s picture-- 



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