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Decorative leadwork is an unsung craft tradition with its origins in the distant past. A simple, hardly changing process of manufacture by hand, using sheet lead and carved moulds, has long continued. Applied designs with floral, zoomorphic or human forms are rarely repeated in entirety. Similar but seldom identical designs and legends can be found in numerous artefacts, large and small, fromt he Roman era to the twentieth century, including Roman water tanks, Saxon caskets, twelfth-century fonts, papal bull seals, tokens of secular or religious significance and quaint roof embellishments. Ornate lead rainheads have survived from Tudor times to the present day and decorative leadwork, both free-standing and applied, continues to be conserved or replenished by craftsmen and artists today in response to aesthetic needs.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139780747800828
eBay Product ID (ePID)88985772
Product Key Features
AuthorP.M.Sutton- Goold
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions
Volume249
Item Height210mm
Item Width150mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Publication Year1990
FormatPaperback
Title_AuthorP.M.Sutton- Goold
Book TitleDecorative Leadwork
Series TitleShire Album
Number of Pages32 Pages
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- 17 Jul, 2018
Book of examples, not a 'How to do' book
You can't tell from the title, but this is not an introduction to the craft of decorative lead work, a 'how to do' book. It gives examples through history, from ancient times to the near present of such craft.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
