LATE 19TH CENTURY

Details

A FRENCH CAST-IRON GARDEN BENCH
LATE 19TH CENTURY
With a Gothic pattern
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 39½ in. (100.5 cm.) wide

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

The design for this Bench is illustrated in the 1858 Barbezat & Cie Fonderies du Val d'Osne Catalogue, under 'Bancs de Jardin', pl. 251. (see J. Davis, Antique Garden Ornament, Antique Collector's Club, Woodbridge, 1991, Appendix II, p. 350. and G. Himmelheber,Cast-Iron Furniture: and All Other Forms of Iron Furniture, Munich, 1996, pl. 83).

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