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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



May, 1913 



ICTURED herewith are various specimens 

 of flowers and garlands, etc., wrought out 

 of soft steel and out of iron. 

 The Rose was made of a single 

 piece of metal to which the bud 

 (also made from a single piece) 

 and leaves were added by welding. The bell 

 of the Tulip blossom was made without weld- 

 ing, but the pistils are separate pins riveted in 

 place. In the making of a Rose a piece of steel 

 about one half inch in diameter is used. This 

 is hammered down to form a stem with a 

 cylindrical knob at one end. The knob is split 

 to form the leaves of the blossom and they are 

 worked individually and shaped to imitate 

 nature. It will be noticed that each leaf has an Wrought steel 



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duality all its own and that they overlap one another 

 artistically in a manner that is a considerable improve- 

 ment on work as done heretofore. Iron Roses 

 are often made of separate sheets of metal 

 riveted together, but such work is apt to work 

 loose owing to the difficulty of riveting the 

 parts. The samples of "one-piece" flowers we 

 illustrate were made by Mr. Ernst Schwarz- 

 kopf, an instructor in the art of metal work in 

 the New York schools, and by his pupils. The 

 students of the New York schools have taken to 

 the work with eagerness and are turning out 

 creditable examples, which goes to show what 

 proper inspiration along these lines may pro- 

 duce in time, as obdurate metal is brought under 

 the art of riveting, splitting and hammering. 



These three specimens of wrought metal exhibit the possibilities of such work in the hands of the skilful craftsman 



