NK 8350 H52 1917 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY GIFT OF Peter Thornton Schnech HOPES LGADWORK 103 PARK AV^NU^- '"iS Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924051538258 HOPE'S Leadwork was supplied to this Residence at Cleveland, Ohio. McKim, Mead & White, Architects HENR Y HOPE » SONS PRICES: It is not possible to publish a general Price List of this work, as prices vary according to the fluctuations of the lead market. Prices will be quoted for any of the designs in this book, or special draw- ings and estimates will be prepared from Architects' sketches, on request. Our representative will call, when required, to take particulars from drawings or buildings. 103 Park Avenue, New York. Telephone ; Murray Hill 1.514. 45 King Street West, Toronto. Telephone : Main 6185. 320 Lagauchetiere Street West, Montreal. Telephone: Main 1200. June, 191 7. OUR ILLUSTRATIONS include examples of 17th I and 18th Century leadwork, which are full of ' character and interest. This interest is partly due to the beauty which age brings to lead — by the acquisition of an attractive patina, and the softening caused by variations of temperature — but principally to the characteristic design, so suitable to the material, which the craftsmen of the period stamped upon their work. This is the class of work we endeavour to emulate in the goods we produce, the design of which is largely influenced by the work of the past, varied by a free use of new forms and methods of expression when these develop naturally out of the traditional and characteristic use of the material. It will be seen that we have reproduced, either exactly or with slight modifications, a number of old models (see pages 7, 8 Gf 1 6) which have been used on modern buildings with good effect. When the building itself is a close copy of an old type, this may be considered consistent, although the practise is rather a confession of failure which is not justified bv the excellence of much modern work. HAND-WROUGHT LEADWORK. For the most part the work shewn is entirely hand-made, that is to say, built up from flat sheets which have been cast on a bed of coarse sand. The coarseness of the sand and the special method of preparation, give a varying surface or texture to the face of the lead (this is well reproduced on Heads 706, page 23, and 601, page 30). The sheets may be decorated to any extent by means of patterns, which are pressed into the sand bed before the sheet is run, and the design may be further elaborated (after building up the sheets to the required shape) by the use of tin or tretted panels. This method of production giv.es room for individual difference, even when repetition is required, and highly decorative results can be obtained at a relatively low cost. PIPE HEADS, CAST FROM WOOD PATTERNS. The cheapest class of pipe head is produced by casting in bulk, in one piece, off wooden models. This process has its limitations. Obviously it would not be a true expression of technique to attempt the reproduction of surfaces and methods of decoration peculiar to wrought lead- work, and the mould-cast article is therefore given a character suitable to the method of its production. Our patterns or models have been produced with care, and offer a fairly wide range for selection; they are intended to supply a demand for well designed and simple goods at a low price, and we hope will be found to fulfil this purpose. Pipe heads made in this manner are marked with an asterisk. Samples of the work illustrated may be seen in our Showrooms, and anything you want to know about leadwork we shall be pleased to tell you. If you require special designs and prices for pipe heads, pipes, gutters, cisterns, finials, sundials, turrets, or domes, let us have the details and we will give you a scheme. HENRY HOPE & SONS June, 19 1 7. 103 Park Avenue, New York Our thanks are due to Mr. Lawrence Weaver, F.S.A., for permission to use the illustrations shewn on pages 4, 5, 6, 10, II, 36, 37, 38, 40 and 42, all of which were taken from his well-known book on this subject. 1^, From ^ramhall, Cheshire, date i6g8. From St. John's College, Oxford, date i6jo. Pipe Sockets from Haddon Hall. From ^olton Hall, date i6j8. ADAPTATION of HEAD from Haddon Hou. ir.f. fJ'£/rr:-7= 'jzo/yr ^^sr. ZESIGN for "PIPE HEAD and FRETS ^-- /.9S '^/-eaz/TT /€• \ J- rl4 Jff [fipl 'H^hBHhmI v^ ^ ■ Swaffham, Norfolk. 40 :for#OUtf)Cf)Urff)J^rU.T)orR: ifirtiatisn Fleche of lead^ on a steel frawezvork^ modelled and built by Hope's for South Churchy Nezv York^ JJ.S.^ from the designs of the Architects^ Cram, Goodhue cr Ferguson. Lead Dome : Hampton Court. Lead Dome, made by Hope's for St. Thomas' Church, New York- Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, Architects. +3 3 1924 051 538 258