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This commemorative plaque records: Phoebe Anna Traquair railings and gates. These wrought-iron railings and gates were commissioned by the well-known Edinburgh printer Walter Biggar Blaikie for his house in Colinton they were designed by Phoebe Anna Traquair with technical help from the architect Frank Mears and made in 1924 by Thomas Hadden, the leading decorative wrought-iron worker in Scotland. Phoebe Anna Traquair lived in Colinton and was one of the most versatile contributors to the late nineteenth century British Arts and Crafts movement. The ornamental railings are a unique example of her work in wrought iron.
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