An English white-painted cast-iron seat

BY THE COALBROOKDALE COMPANY, CIRCA 1870

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An English white-painted cast-iron seat
By the Coalbrookdale Company, Circa 1870
Of 'Gothic' pattern, the shaped back and arm supports cast as entwined foliage, the back with roundel centred by an unidentified coat of arms, with foliate finial, the arm supports with dragons, with modern wooden slatted seat, on shaped foliate cast supports, the back with kite registration mark and signed CBDALE CO and with design NO 22
49 in. (126 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

The design of this seat, with its pointed arches and medieval feeling, reflects the contemporary fashion for the Gothic style. The style had been championed by the great church architect A.W.N. Pugin, whose work with Barry on the New Houses of Parliament helped to popularize the style. It was taken even further by the architects Gilbert Scott and Street who used it for great public buildings such as St. Pancras Station and the Law Courts, and it soon grew in popularity for domestic architecture and decoration.

The design is registered in the 1875 Coalbrookdale Catalogue, Section III, page 253, No. 22, and is called Gothic Pattern.

For more information on Coalbrookdale, see note preceding lot 218.

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