Advice on the conservation & restoration of historic ironwork

Historical

Agricola G
1950
De Re Metallica
Reprint 16th Century Treatise on Metals
New York: Dover

Aston TS
1924
Iron and Steel in the Industrial Revolution
Economic and Political History
Manchester University Press

Ellacott
1955
Forge and Foundry Development Put Simply
Methuen

Gale WKV
Iron and Steel Moorland
Pictorial

Gale WKV
Iron and Steel Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Booklet

Lambton L
1976
Vanishing Victoriana Coffee Table
Elsevier
Phaidon

Wrought Ironwork - Historical Aesthetic

Campbell Marian
1997
Decorative Ironwork: This volume is a concise overview of the subject based on the Ironwork collection at the V&A Museum and as such a fascinating introduction to ironwork. It provides a brief history followed by thematic coverage of a range of cast and wrought ironwork with themes as diverse as gates, lighting, fire grates, locks and jewellery. Importantly it covers the use of colour and how the design and decoration of items can be seen to reflect the cultural surroundings of their makers.
V&A Publications

CoSIRA (Council of Small Industries in Rural Areas)
1973
Catalogue of drawings for Wrought Ironwork

Dunkerley S
1988
Robert Bakewell,
Artist Blacksmith
Scarthin Books

Edwards I
1977
Davis Brothers
Gatesmiths
Welsh Arts Council

Geddes J
1999
Medieval Decorative Ironwork in England
Society of Antiquaries

Lister R
1957
Decorative Wrought Ironwork in Great Britain
David and Charles

Seymour Lindsay J
1964
An Anatomy of English Wrought Ironwork 100 to 1800 AD.
Alec Tirani

Starkie Gardner J
1911
English Ironwork of the 17th & 18th Centuries.
Batsford

Starkie Gardner J
1930
Ironworks - 3 volumes
V & A

V & A Museum
1950
English Wrought Ironwork
H.M.S.O. 1950

Zimelli U & Vererio G
1966
Decorative Ironwork
Hamlyn

Wrought Ironwork - Modern Aesthetic

Kuhn F
1965
Wrought Iron
Harrap

Kuhn F
Decorative Work in Wrought Iron and other Metals
Harrap

Meilach
1976
Decorative and Sculptural Ironwork
New York: Crown

Schmirler O
1979
Le Fer Forge dans le Jardin et la Maison
Office du Livre (English Text)

V & A Museum
1982
Towards a New Iron Age
Exhibition Catalogue
Hand Forging " Instructive
Andrews J
The Edge of the Anvil
(USA)

Beater AW
1976
The Art of Blacksmithing
Funk and Wagnalls

CoSIRA
1973
Decorative Ironwork

CoSIRA
1953
Wrought Ironwork

CoSIRA
1952
The Blacksmith’s Craft

Richardson MT
1978
Practical Blacksmithing
New York: Crown

Steeter D
1980
Professional Smithing

Weygers AG
1974
The Modern Blacksmith
Von Nostrand Reinhold (Tool Making)

Industrial Forging

Bacon LG
1914
Forging
American Technical Society

Homer JG
1920
Smithing and Forging
Emmott & Co

Lillico JW
1930
Blacksmith’s Manual Illustrated
Oxford
Cast Iron
Bolland S
1901
The Iron Founder

Wiley Gay J
1985
Cast Iron
Murray

Lister R
1961
Decorative Cast Iron in Great Britain
Bell

Wrought Iron - Technical
Ashton & Story
1939
Wrought Iron, its Manufacture, Characteristics & Applications
USA: AM Byers & Co

Brough J
Wrought Iron, The End of an Era
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Arts Department
Architectural
Betjeman J
1972
London’s Historic Railway Stations
Murray

Woods M & Warren AS
1988
Glass Houses, A History of Greenhouses, Orangeries and Conservatories
Aurum

Periodical

The Artist Blacksmith
The Journal of the British Artist Blacksmiths Association.
Hon Sec. Denise Axelsen.
10 Lerwick Road,
St Eval,
Cornwall,
PL27 7UX

Websites

www.baba.org.uk
British Artist Blacksmiths Association
Blacksmithing information, links, booklists

www.abana.org
American Blacksmiths Association
Blacksmithing information, links, booklists

www.glasgowsteelnail.co.uk
Traditional style steel & wrought iron cut nails

www.realwroughtiron.com
Information and specifications for wrought ironwork