Artistic originality cast iron castings of local production in the architecture of Gorodets of the late XIX century
The article reveals the topic of cast iron casting in the architecture of Gorodets of the Historicism era. The article describes the local enterprises for the production of architectural and decorative metal-the mechanical plant of K. V. Kuznetsov, which later belonged to the merchant family of Oblaev. A number of merchant estates of Gorodets are given, in which typical forms of cast iron casting are distinguished, and the character of the decor and compositional solutions are analyzed.