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Selected new books: the decorative arts. Part II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

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A book which accompanied an exhibition organised for the 1977 Welsh Eisteddfod is Davies Brothers, Gatesmiths: 18th century wrought ironwork in Wales by Ifor Edwards, Welsh Arts Council/Crafts Advisory Committee (153 Charles Street, Cardiff, CF1 4ED), c. £2.00.111 p. This introductory visual study of the work of the Davies Brothers shows examples of the gates they made for Chirk Castle, Erdigg Hall, Hawkstone Hall and the Parish churches of Wrexham, Oswestry and Ruthin in North Wales. The designs of Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co. by A.J. Tilbrook and Gordon House, London: Ornament Press Ltd., 1976, £10.40,283 p., approximately 300 monochrome photos, is a splendid visual survey of this art nouveau craftsman.

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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1979

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