June 9–September 16, 2018
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![DRAPER'S SIGN, "THE DRY TREE"](https://clarkartkentico.blob.core.windows.net/clarkart-kentico-media-prod/clarkart/media/microsites/the art of iron/slideshow-isotope-1.jpg?ext=.jpg)
![TRANSOM GRILLE](https://clarkartkentico.blob.core.windows.net/clarkart-kentico-media-prod/clarkart/media/microsites/the art of iron/slideshow-isotope-2.jpg?ext=.jpg)
![BRACKET AND FLORIST'S SHOP SIGN](https://clarkartkentico.blob.core.windows.net/clarkart-kentico-media-prod/clarkart/media/microsites/the art of iron/slideshow-isotope-3.jpg?ext=.jpg)
![BRACKET WITH DRAGON](https://clarkartkentico.blob.core.windows.net/clarkart-kentico-media-prod/clarkart/media/microsites/the art of iron/slideshow-isotope-4.jpg?ext=.jpg)
![SHOP SIGN, "THE CROWNED DOLPHIN"](https://clarkartkentico.blob.core.windows.net/clarkart-kentico-media-prod/clarkart/media/microsites/the art of iron/slideshow-isotope-5.jpg?ext=.jpg)
![SNAKE-SHAPED WATER SPOUT FROM THE CHÂTEAU DE BERCY](https://clarkartkentico.blob.core.windows.net/clarkart-kentico-media-prod/clarkart/media/microsites/the art of iron/slideshow-isotope-6.jpg?ext=.jpg)
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![WARDROBE LOCK](https://clarkartkentico.blob.core.windows.net/clarkart-kentico-media-prod/clarkart/media/microsites/the art of iron/slideshow-isotope-9.jpg?ext=.jpg)
![CABARET SIGN, "BAT"](https://clarkartkentico.blob.core.windows.net/clarkart-kentico-media-prod/clarkart/media/microsites/the art of iron/slideshow-isotope-10.jpg?ext=.jpg)
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![CABARET SIGN, "BAT"](https://clarkartkentico.blob.core.windows.net/clarkart-kentico-media-prod/clarkart/media/microsites/the art of iron/slideshow-isotope-10.jpg?ext=.jpg)
FRENCH (PARIS)
DRAPER'S SIGN, "THE DRY TREE"
C. 1600-1625
Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, Rouen, Normandy, LS.4030
© Agence La Belle Vie – Nathalie Landry
MEDIUM | Wrought iron, stamped and polychromed |
BELGIAN (BRUSSELS)
TRANSOM GRILLE
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, Rouen, Normandy, LS.4232
© Agence La Belle Vie – Nathalie Landry
MEDIUM | Wrought iron and rolled iron, carved, molded, and embossed |
FRENCH
BRACKET AND FLORIST'S SHOP SIGN
18TH CENTURY
Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, Rouen, Normandy, LS.2011.0.199
© Agence La Belle Vie – Nathalie Landry
MEDIUM | Wrought iron and rolled iron, cut, polychromed, and gilded |
PIERRE-FRANÇOIS MARIE BOULANGER
FRENCH, 1813-1891
BRACKET WITH DRAGON
MID-19TH CENTURY
Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, Rouen, Normandy, LS.2016.2.1
© Agence La Belle Vie – Nathalie Landry
MEDIUM | Wrought iron with modern mount |
FRENCH
SHOP SIGN, "THE CROWNED DOLPHIN"
POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY
Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, Rouen, Normandy, LS.4215
© Agence La Belle Vie – Nathalie Landry
MEDIUM | Rolled iron, cut |
FRENCH
SNAKE-SHAPED WATER SPOUT FROM THE CHÂTEAU DE BERCY
17TH CENTURY
Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, Rouen, Normandy, LS 3636
© Agence La Belle Vie – Nathalie Landry
MEDIUM | Wrought iron, chased and polychromed |
FRENCH (AMIENS)
DOUBLE-SIDED LECTERN
18TH CENTURY
Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, Rouen, Normandy, LS.1468
© Agence La Belle Vie – Nathalie Landry
MEDIUM | Wrought iron |
FRENCH (PARIS)
WINE-SHOP SIGN, "À L'HOMME ARMÉ" (AT THE ARMED MAN)
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, Rouen, Normandy, LS.4512
© Agence La Belle Vie – Nathalie Landry
MEDIUM | Wrought, rolled and molded iron, cut, embossed, and polychromed |
GEORG BIKELMANN
GERMAN, ACTIVE 18TH CENTURY
WARDROBE LOCK
1740
Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, Rouen, Normandy, LS.2305 and LS.2306
© Agence La Belle Vie – Nathalie Landry
MEDIUM | Wrought iron, rolled iron, and brass, with openwork, finished with file and chisel |
FRENCH
CABARET SIGN, "BAT"
POSSIBLY 19TH CENTURY, MODIFIED IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, Rouen, Normandy, LS.2003.4.1
© Agence La Belle Vie – Nathalie Landry
MEDIUM | Wrought iron and rolled iron, carved and embossed, green glass |
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The catalogue for The Art of Iron includes essays by Kathleen M. Morris, the Clark Art Institute curator of decorative arts, and by the Musée Le Secq’s former and current curators, Anne-Charlotte Cathelineau and Alexandra Bosc. Softcover, 112 pages. Distributed by Yale University Press. Call the Museum Store at 413 458 0520 to order.