CIRCA 1870, POSSIBLY AFTER A DESIGN CHRISTOPHER DRESSER, AND PROBABLY MANUFACTURED BY THE MASBRO STOVE GRATE COMPANY

Details

A Mid-Victorian white-painted cast-iron garden chair
Circa 1870, possibly after a design Christopher Dresser, and probably manufactured by the Masbro Stove Grate Company
With simulated button-cushion seat, redecorated

Provenance

Placed in the Garden of the Private Apartment of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon at Kensington Palace.

Literature

Georg Himmelheber, Cast-Iron Furniture, published by Philip Wilson, Wappingers' Falls, New York, 1966. Comparison can be made with a chair cast with a faux button upholstered seat, fig.177. Also see Clive D. Edwards, Victorian Furniture, Technology & Design, Manchester University Press, 1993, the front-cover illustrates a chair with a similar seat. A pair of chairs of similar design to the present example were offered at Christie's South Kensington, 1 July 2004, lot 193.

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