Speakeasy Grilles
Every wrought iron object began as a bar of iron, round, square or rectangular in cross-section, or in the case of 'repousse' work, as a thin, flat sheet. The blacksmith usually had to do quite a lot of preliminary shaping before he could start on the more complex and delicate forming needed in ornamental work. For example, he may have had to taper an iron bar, convert all or part of it from round to square or vice versa, or swell it out locally at one or both ends, or in between.
