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Cast-iron lacework

Cast-iron lacework

A panel of ironwork employing an intricate ornamental design that is formed by a mass-produced casting process.
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cast-iron lacework

Mass-produced decorative ironwork of intricate design, formed by the casting process and therefore relatively inexpensive compared with wrought-iron work.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Lofty pillars formed of cannon, superposed upon huge mortars as a base, supported the fine ironwork of the arches, a perfect piece of cast-iron lacework. Trophies of blunderbuses, matchlocks, arquebuses, carbines, all kinds of firearms, ancient and modern, were picturesquely interlaced against the walls.
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