Incarnated Curves: Ornamental Ironwork at the Barnes Foundation » pair_hand_wall_lights

Pair of Hand-shaped Wall Lights, 16th century. Germany. Rolled sheet iron, cut, repoussé, and curled; wrought iron; the whole fastened with rivets, each: 8-1/2 × 6-1/8 × 7-1/16 inches. Musée de la ferronnerie Le Secq des Tournelles, Rouen

Pair of Hand-shaped Wall Lights, 16th century. Germany. Rolled sheet iron, cut, repoussé, and curled; wrought iron; the whole fastened with rivets, each: 8-1/2 × 6-1/8 × 7-1/16 inches. Musée de la ferronnerie Le Secq des Tournelles, Rouen

Installation shot, permanent collection, Barnes Foundation, showing examples of ironwork and paintings hung together by Albert C. Barnes
Locksmith’s Sign, “The Dog,” 19th century. France. Rolled iron and wrought iron, polychromed, 22-1/2 × 35-3/4 × 1-1/4 inches. Musée de la ferronnerie Le Secq des Tournelles, Rouen

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