A wrought iron armchair
A wrought iron armchair

AUSTRIAN, 1860S

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A wrought iron armchair
Austrian, 1860s
Wrought iron curlicue frame
34½in. (87.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

With the advent of light bentwood furniture, designers of garden furniture attempted to reduce the weight of previously cast metal furniture by shaping the frames from rolled strips of metal, while closely following the forms popularized by firms such as Thonet.

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