Ironwork

This full-size detail of a bouquet was one of many designs intended to be constructed in iron. Farrand was specific in her design, labeling each flower as a tulip, tulip bud, rose, or rosebud. Other iron ornaments that were fabricated during this period include finials and details for Arbor Terrace’s gates, a wrought-iron floor for a balcony, and plant details for the wall fountain.

Image: Beatrix Farrand, F.S.D. iron bouquet, for gate piers - D-E terrace, for Robert W. Bliss, Esq., at Washington, D.C, 1932; graphite and ink on photographic paper; 64.0 × 57.7 cm (25 3/16 × 22 11/16 inches). Garden Archives, LA-GD-O-3-24A