NEB&W Guide to Iron Lacery of TroyThis file is open to website members only
Last Update: 2008-02-29
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There really isn't any such word "Lacery", but I've made it up from a contraction of "Lacey Tracery", tracery being the carved stone curvy mullions used on medieval cathedrals and translated into Victorian gingerbread.
There is a book by Diane Waite on the ironwork of the Albany-Troy area (the name of which I will have to dig out for you). After reading it, I spent many an enjoyable hour wandering around downtown, really seeing the ironwork for the first