A Victorian cast iron seat

AFTER A ROBERT WOOD DESIGN, CIRCA 1860

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A Victorian cast iron seat
After a Robert Wood design, circa 1860
The pierced back cast with birds, snails and snakes amidst scrolling branches of fruit and foliage flanking an entwined lattice panel, above a planked seat with conforming apron, the scroll arms above trunk legs
74in. (188cm.) wide

Lot Essay

This seat design was first cast by the Robert Wood foundry, Philadelphia, USA, circa 1855 and may also have been cast in England.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Georg Himmelheber Cast Iron Furniture, plate 120, pages 79, 226.

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