﻿February, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  79 
  

  

  co-operation 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  schoolmaster 
  in 
  her 
  efforts. 
  The 
  VII 
  was 
  among 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  recognize 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  enter- 
  

   youths 
  developed 
  an 
  unexpected 
  aptitude 
  and 
  desire 
  for 
  the 
  prise, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  contracts 
  the 
  Thornham 
  artists 
  

   work, 
  the 
  fascination 
  and 
  possibilities 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  quickly 
  undertook 
  for 
  the 
  reigning 
  sovereign 
  was 
  a 
  swinging 
  lamp 
  for 
  

  

  realized. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  foster 
  this 
  enterprise 
  a 
  small 
  building 
  

   was 
  secured, 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  forge 
  and 
  the 
  necessary 
  implements 
  of 
  

  

  Garden 
  Gates 
  for 
  Lady 
  Maple 
  

  

  the 
  trade 
  were 
  installed. 
  The 
  students 
  soon 
  became 
  expert 
  in 
  

   simple 
  bent 
  iron 
  work, 
  and 
  attempted 
  the 
  execution 
  of 
  better 
  

   articles, 
  fashioned 
  upon 
  their 
  own 
  artistic 
  lines, 
  or 
  copied 
  

   masterpieces 
  of 
  this 
  craft 
  executed 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  centuries. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  work 
  progressed 
  it 
  aroused 
  the 
  interest 
  of 
  architects 
  

   and 
  designers, 
  who, 
  although 
  demanding 
  such 
  hand-wrought 
  

   art 
  iron 
  work 
  for 
  various 
  forms 
  of 
  embellishment, 
  had 
  either 
  

   to 
  send 
  their 
  designs 
  to 
  the 
  continental 
  workers, 
  or 
  be 
  satis- 
  

   fied 
  with 
  the 
  more 
  mechanical 
  machine 
  work. 
  King 
  Edward 
  

  

  the 
  hall 
  at 
  Sandringham. 
  This 
  specimen 
  aroused 
  such 
  wide- 
  

   spread 
  interest 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  workmanship 
  and 
  beauty 
  of 
  

   design 
  that 
  a 
  replica 
  was 
  ordered 
  for 
  the 
  Paris 
  Exhibition 
  of 
  

   1900. 
  The 
  late 
  Queen 
  Victoria 
  was 
  also 
  deeply 
  interested 
  in 
  

   the 
  art, 
  and 
  a 
  beautiful 
  imperial 
  lamp, 
  the 
  floriation 
  of 
  which 
  

   is 
  emblematic 
  of 
  empire, 
  was 
  specially 
  prepared 
  for 
  her. 
  The 
  

   whole 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  carried 
  out 
  by 
  hand, 
  and 
  the 
  decora- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  most 
  intricate 
  and 
  difficult 
  nature, 
  comprising 
  

   the 
  delicate 
  combination 
  of 
  roses, 
  thistles, 
  and 
  shamrocks 
  with 
  

   the 
  lotus 
  flower 
  of 
  Egypt. 
  

  

  Top 
  Central 
  Section 
  of 
  Gateway 
  Ornamented 
  With 
  Iron 
  Carnations 
  ; 
  Each 
  

   Petal 
  Was 
  Wrought 
  Separately 
  and 
  Then 
  Welded 
  Into 
  Position 
  

  

  Polished 
  Iron 
  Hinges 
  for 
  Mrs. 
  Berkeley, 
  Han 
  well 
  Castle 
  

  

  This 
  unique 
  work 
  is 
  carried 
  out 
  in 
  an 
  ordinary 
  village 
  cot- 
  

   tage 
  secured 
  for 
  the 
  purpose, 
  and 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  the 
  industry. 
  The 
  

   stranger's 
  attention 
  is 
  arrested 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  design 
  placed 
  over 
  

   the 
  door 
  executed 
  by 
  the 
  workers, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  replica 
  from 
  

   the 
  Cathedral 
  at 
  Lucca, 
  while 
  projecting 
  from 
  the 
  building 
  

   into 
  the 
  street 
  is 
  a 
  swinging 
  sign 
  representing 
  the 
  sons 
  of 
  

   Tubal 
  Cain. 
  The 
  workshop 
  is 
  a 
  smithy 
  purely 
  and 
  simply. 
  

   Of 
  machines 
  there 
  are 
  none, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  driller. 
  

   The 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  produced 
  by 
  hammer 
  and 
  anvil, 
  a 
  

   great 
  part 
  of 
  it 
  being 
  undertaken 
  in 
  cold 
  iron. 
  

  

  The 
  workers 
  are 
  drawn 
  from 
  the 
  village 
  school, 
  and 
  com- 
  

   mence 
  operations 
  directly 
  their 
  scholastic 
  curriculum 
  is 
  com- 
  

   pleted. 
  The 
  lads 
  are 
  initiated 
  into 
  the 
  art 
  by 
  the 
  schoolmas- 
  

   ter, 
  who 
  is 
  responsible 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  designs, 
  a 
  

   large 
  majority 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  quite 
  original 
  in 
  character, 
  

   though 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  extensive 
  collection 
  drawn 
  from 
  all 
  parts 
  

   of 
  the 
  Continent. 
  Should 
  the 
  youth 
  evince 
  no 
  prominent 
  sign 
  

   of 
  artistic 
  creation, 
  he 
  is 
  then 
  taught 
  the 
  usual 
  trend 
  of 
  iron 
  

   smiths' 
  work. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  work 
  is 
  carried 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  workers 
  for 
  

   architects, 
  designers, 
  and 
  artists. 
  

  

  