From the end of the Middle Ages, driven by the great abbeys and by the princes who granted protection and privileges to the locksmiths, ironwork boomed again. During more than four centuries, followed a golden age of which testify nowadays balconies, handrails, etc.
This book devoted to ironwork from the Middle Ages to the 20th century first presents the profession of locksmith and its technique, then describes European production. It includes more than 400 commented examples, and also the first illustrated and exhaustive vocabulary ever realized on the subject.
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