Introduction

Blacksmithing and locksmithing in the
Iberian Peninsula

 

From the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century

n Here it is one of the largest collection of ancient blacksmithing and locksmithing in the Iberian Peninsula. With over 4,500 pieces from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, this is one of the most interesting private collections in Europe, but virtually unknown to the general public. It has been collected for over 60 years by J.A.S. and nowadays, it´s exposed at his home-museum in the south of Navarre. J.A.S.´s great merit is having collected and stored a huge heritage in an only place, nails, doorknockers, balusters, locks, domestic civilian objects, hinges, chains, bolts and so on. We could appreciate the richness of the variety of styles of a major art that has been evolving through the centuries and testifies the creative power of the blacksmiths in this region of southern Europe. Their responsability was making objects with a useful role and also with technical functions, craftsmen did not forget the symbols, signs, beliefs and the imagination and the aesthetic of his time either. The future of this collection is more worrying every time, the owners wish to keep it all together, either by an individual or by an institution better, however, they are open to any serious proposal.

This blog contains photos of some of the most emblematic pieces accompanied by a short speech of the one who has devoted his life to bring them together, plus an article by Michèle Pellet published in Fèvre, a magazine about craftwork and metals, published in France. You can have more information about the richness of this collection through the photos at the following address:

http://cid-b9c6114611e64e2f.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public

ä To contact : Arnaud Duny-Pétré

10 rue Thiers

64100 Bayonne in France.

Tél : 05.59.59.37.64

Mail : arnaud.duny-petre@laposte.net

 

ä This blog in French : http://ferronnerie.serrurerie.anciennes.over-blog.com/ 

ä This blog in Spanish : http://ferreria.cerrajeria.antiguas.over-blog.com/

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