A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN WHITE-PAINTED CAST-IRON GARDEN BENCHES

MID-19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN WHITE-PAINTED CAST-IRON GARDEN BENCHES
MID-19TH CENTURY
Each decorated throughout with gothic tracery, the back panels centred by a coat-of-arms within a roundel, the arm-rests incorporating stylized griffins above slatted wooden seats, with indistinct diamond-lozenge mark and design number '..99277'(?) to one, the central legs possibly later, the end supports applied with later sledge stretchers
40.3/4 in. (103.5 cm.) high; 74.1/2 in. (189 cm.) wide; 29.1/2 in. (75 cm.) deep

Provenance

Probably Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry (1800-65) and by descent.

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Lot Essay

This and the following lot, were originally part of a larger group of benches which were used throughout the extensive gardens and grounds at Wynyard Park, presumably as laid out by Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry. Several examples appear in situ in late-19th century photographs, such as the photograph taken of the interior of the Temple of the Three Graces (The Londonderry Album, London, 1978, p. 89).

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