See also:

• ANDIRON (older form anderne; med. Lat. andena, anderia)

ANDIRON (older See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form anderne; med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. andena, anderia)  , a See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, or bars, upon which logs are laid for burning in an open fireplace . Andirons stand upon See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short legs and are usually connected with an upright guard . This guard, which may be of iron, See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel, See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper, See also:

• BRONZE

bronze, or even See also:

• SILVER

silver, is often elaborately ornamented with conventional patterns or heraldic ornaments, such as the fleur-de-lys, with sphinxes, See also:

• GROTESQUE

grotesque animals, mythological statuettes or See also:

• CARYATIDES (Latinized from the Greek; the plural of Caryatis, i.e. a woman of Caryae in Laconia)

caryatides supporting heroic figures or emblems . Previously to the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance, andirons were almost invariably made entirely of iron and comparatively See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, but when the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house-hold became the care of the artist, the See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal-worker lavished skill and See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste upon them, and even such a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man as See also:

• JEAN

Jean Brrain, whose See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy was most especially applied to the ornamentation of See also:

• BOULLE, ANDRE CHARLES (1642–1732)

Boulle See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, sometimes designed them . Indeed the See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

• DOG

dog or chenet reached its most See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic development under See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV. of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and the first extant examples—often of See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast-iron—are to be found in See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French museums and royal palaces . Fire-See also:

• DOGS, ISLE OF

dogs, with little or no See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament, were also used in kitchens, with ratcheted uprights for the spits . Very often these uprights branched out into arms or hobs for stewing or keeping the viands hot .