LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH IRON DOOR

A convincing testament to the considerable talent of the artisan within,

and a work of art itself, a late 18th/early19th century wrought iron

entrance door to the workshop of Louis Tellier Sr., Artistic Ironwork,

located on the Rue le Cambett in Lille, France. The central cartouche

indentifying Louis Tellier Aine Serririer d'Arte, is surrounded by

the tools of his trade and rests on an anvil: the open work upper

portion of the door is embellished with flanking fantastical animals and

fruiting grapevine and grape leaves. The lower three iron panels

centered by a door pull fashioned as a pair entwined serpents, repeat

the grape motif.