Today, wrought iron is one of the most widely used metals on Earth but took a lot of time to evolve because of difficulty to work with. Workers found it difficult to make it malleable as it involved a lot of melting and hammering of metal to remove some impurities and carbon.

The wrought iron has been in existence since the days of early civilization.

In the middle of eighteenth century metal was used for ceiling surfaces. Metal sheets of corrugated iron were used in warehouse, factories, schools and hospitals. It was preferred because of its fire-resistance properties and low cost as compared to wood or plaster.

Wrought Iron was developed in mid of nineteenth century. To get wrought iron in large quantity, the British people developed a puddling process; they mixed molten cast iron with molten iron silicate and iron oxide. The ever increasing requirement of its products for better quality and fancy designs generated its need basically in bridges and warehouse buildings. In the starting phase and towards the end of the nineteenth century led the designers of buildings to acquire the technology developed to build ships of iron. By the turn of century, existence of wrought iron application increased to household gates and railings, hence blacksmith frequently started giving it ornamental treatment.

Demand of wrought iron artifacts increased because of its elegant form and timeless beauty. Wrought iron was and still in use to create much demanded items like gates, fences, rails, furniture and much.

In the twentieth century, after the development of mild steel, wrought iron almost started disappearing. Mild steel was cheap and had an ability to be produced in large quantity and people started using it because of its unique features.

But wrought iron has been able to emerge again in the form of various structures such as iron gates, fences, railings, furniture, garden decorations and many more.