New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
Many Such Articles Are Made Here as Well
as, or Better Than Abroad, and in
Many Instances at Much
Reduced Expense.

any demands for intarsia. marouetry
boule or mosaic workout il must be ioi
fine work. for he will touch no order loi
any other kind-to harmonic perfectly
with any style or period OF decors non, }.
panels frieZes wainscotings, mouldlnEs,
bausters and newell posts, furniture
picture frames, trays and the Ike smaller
articles.
With such master 10. furnish the
motif and such an equipment To brins "
into being why especially Since there arc
now so many citizens Of wealth suulcleht
10 pay the piper for the adornmeh, yi
their homes in "A manner 20 rival the pat
aces on "the other side'D cannot we nave
IN this country the ''piczzas de maderas'
the rooms of perfect woods -such a.
some of The Tribune's travelled readers
have doubtless viewed with delight I'm the
E;scurial-with their landscapes, sun hle;
flowers and fruits made OF the nnest hio
most costly woods. and almost Ike pant
ngs. which cover eNefythlne, hoolsSi
friezes panels. windows. recesses ana
doors? DO the decorators lack enter
ART OF sMITHlNG.
A broken part OF working tool. foJnd
i'm masonry Of the Cheops 1900 B. %
pyramid, the excavations IN Assyria and
Babylon and the fourth chapter of Gene
sis which tells Of Tubal cain, AN in
structor Of every artificer in brass ana
iron" are witnesses to the antiquity OF
this art
Its highly developed state in the Gothic
period prevented the reversiou to tho an
tique brought about in the other arts by
the Renassance-it apparently needed NJ
rebirth.
IN the Old World the art is honorol
and fostered as Of vore, but in the NeN
it's opponents hardly obtain the measure
Of recognition and announcement 10
which their craft and their craftsman
shin enttle them Oscar Luetke. an au' .
thority. thinks il is because there az,
so very many of the otherwise cultured
class who do not know the difference
that exist between cast and wrought
iron. and therefore frequently ne adds,
the first rs too often used where nc
design imperatively calls for the second.
\ MASTER SMITH.
native Of Berlin. Mr. Luetke Guetke
IRON Brass and Bronze Works. Nc. -
West 18th street,, may be- sara To nay.
been born 10 the craft. he was taught
i'm his uncle's big ornamental iron works
10 work on eNe.y kind Of machine ma
AT every description Of handWoik, ne
sides learning 10 design.
Through his twenty-SeVcn years nero
the roster Of his customers included and
includes such names as Herter Brothers
Narcotic. Alavoine. Baumgarten and 9th
ers Of equal importance, while among the
architects are enrolled those of Richard
Hunt. Bruce Price and others OF 'front.'
rank men.
The magnificent iron baldachinO In AT
Angels the baluster rails and the bronze
grills In the Robert Hoe residence, ana
the iron front door and inside ornamen-
tai ironwork Of the Frederick Wander
5ilt house here. the iron and brass rood
screen-tne largest In the countrY-in -.
Johns Cathedral Denver; the non ROOD
screen. with its four eVangellSts emblem
800 hammered copper repouSsc. ana IN"
bronze pulpit in the Church Of the Nd
veutiSts. San Francisco. are Few ainon-
his notable works that are 10 he seen
throughout the country. To these. per
haps should be added the Interior aud
exterior doors furniture-made for Gro
venor Atterbury. architect. for "A Morris
town mansion-autiuue iron m natural
colors. and the like. together with 90"
iron ratings o. the residence OF Ansoh
Phelps. architect. here.
He is mis- own designer and craftsman.
and ~ a cunning restOrer as well ~
creator Nothing seems TOO dii1cult FOR
him. not even converting anchors 20
andirons-a feat this disciple OF Tubal
cain once achieved with pair Of old
Spanish house anchors