Lot Essay
The design is illustrated in the 1858 Barbezat & Cie's Founderies du Val D'Osne catalogue, under 'Bancs de jardin', plate 251. See lot 98 (inv.223/360), for further details on this foundry.
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VAL D'OSNE FOUNDRY, CIRCA 1860
Details
A French cast iron seat
Val D'Osne foundry, circa 1860
In the gothic style, pierced with tracery, crockets and quatrefoils within lozenges above a conforming apron, the seat pierced with hexagons, on bracketed legs united by stretchers
39in. (99cm.) wide (3)
Val D'Osne foundry, circa 1860
In the gothic style, pierced with tracery, crockets and quatrefoils within lozenges above a conforming apron, the seat pierced with hexagons, on bracketed legs united by stretchers
39in. (99cm.) wide (3)