Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain: Myth and Modernity ... - Dr Paul Dobraszczyk - Google Books

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In the half century after the building of the Crystal Palace (1851), some architects, engineers, manufacturers and theorists believed that the fusion of iron and ornament would reconcile art and technology and create a new, modern architectural language.…