Colonial
Wrought Iron is a photographic record and descriptive text of
the wrought iron items that have been forged by blacksmiths during
the colonial period in America. The Sorber Collection, the largest
private collections of wrought iron in America, is forged domestic
items, tools, and hardware. Blacksmiths were a vital part of all
communal life in colonial America. If there was a need for something
with the strength of iron, the blacksmith made it—from the simplest
nail to the most complex jack spit. Previous needs have become valued
design resource. Although colonial smiths have long ago laid down
their hammers, the quality of their work lives on. Colonial Wrought
Iron is a definitive reference of forged iron of the colonial
period in America, where function meets beauty and tools become
treasure. For the historian, artist, collector, and blacksmith alike
this survey will document yesterday and inspire tomorrow.
256 pages.
Hard cover. © 1999. ISBN 9781879535169.
Order Number: AP-SJ165. Price: $39.00
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