Lot Essay
A model of the above lot appears in G. Himmelheber Cast-Iron Furniture, Munich, 1996, plate 68
19TH CENTURY, AFTER A DESIGN BY KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL
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A POLYCHROME-DECORATED CAST-IRON GARDEN SETTEE
19th century, after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Having an outscrolled rectangular back with a pierced splat cast with two pairs of winged caryatids and foliate scrolls flanking a lyre, the arms ending in ram's head terminals and a rod seat, on X-form legs with hoof feet, redecorated
48½in. (123cm.) wide
19th century, after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Having an outscrolled rectangular back with a pierced splat cast with two pairs of winged caryatids and foliate scrolls flanking a lyre, the arms ending in ram's head terminals and a rod seat, on X-form legs with hoof feet, redecorated
48½in. (123cm.) wide