'ilo
The
Fiiiial
iu Stone,
and in
Metal.
sideways,
but
also regularly
to
the front
and back.
Crocket-like
ad-
ditions
(comp.
plate
116)
clothe
the stem,
which usually
takes the
form
of an elongated
four
or
eight-sided
shaft. There may
be one
or more
tiers of
crockets.
The Finial
serves to decorate
Spires,
Pinnacles, Baldachins,
Tombs,
&c.,
and
is a specifically
Gothic ornament.
The most beautiful
forms
are furnished
by
French
Gothic,
from which
most
of
the il-
lustrations
of our plate
are taken.
Plate 111.
The Finial:
in Stone.
1.
Modern
Gothic.
2. Early Gothic,
(Jacobsthal).
3.
French
Gothic, (Viollet-le-Duc).
4.
Early
Gothic,
cathedral, Chartres,
13th
century, (Musterorna-
mente).
S-—6. Modern,
(Viollet-le-Duc).
7. Modern,
(Bosc).
The Finial in
Metal.
(Plate
112.)
In
the
artistic wrought-iron
work of the Middle
Ages, the Re-
nascence, and Modern times,
we find charming Finials
in
the
shape
of
idealised flowers.
Thesfe decorations
are
found on the
tops of
Balaustrades, on the Gables
over
Doors, on Brackets
and
Chandeliers,
on the supports of Rain-spouts,
on
Wall
-anchors,
&c.
Leaves, volute-like spirals, bell-flowers, and
ears, are arranged
round
a central
axis of
iron; in many cases the centre is iormed by
spindle-shaped spirals of wire.
Plate
112. The
Finial: in
Metal.
1.
Corner
of a Mediaeval Grill, (Viollet-le-Duc).
2. Part of
a Grill,
Toulouse
cathedral, 15th century, (Viollet-le-Duc).
3.
Termination
of a Fountain,
Cluny museum, Paris, 15th century,
(L'art pour tous).
4.
Part of a
Spanish
Trellis
Gate,
14th century, (L'art pour tous).
5.
Part of a Chancel
Screen,
minster, Freiburg, 16th century,
(Schau-
insland).
6.
Wrought-iron, 16th century,
(Guichard).
7.
Terminal, Bruges, 17th
century, (Ysendyck,
Documents classes
de l'art).
8.
Modern, wrought-iron, Ihne &
Stegmiiller,
Berlin.
9. Modern, Post, by
Ende &
Boeckmann, Berlin,
(Gewei'behalle).
10.
Wrought-iron
Coronal,
Limburg
on
the Lahn,
17th century,
(Kachel,
Kunstgewerbliche
Vorbilder).
11.
Coronal, modern Gate, C.
Zaar,
Berlin.