A VICTORIAN GARDEN BENCH, CIRCA 1869

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CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904)
A VICTORIAN GARDEN BENCH, CIRCA 1869
In the 'Lily' pattern, manufactured by Colebrookdale Co., iron, later wooden slatted seat
37 in. (94 cm.) high, 57 in. (144.8 cm.) wide
marked COALBROOKDALE 206162 with diamond registration kite mark

Provenance

Acquired from Haslam and Whiteway, London.

Literature

cf. H. Lyons, Christopher Dresser: The People's Designer 1834-1904, Woodbridge, 2005, pl. 288, p. 153 for a garden seat in the same pattern.

Exhibited

London, Haslam & Whiteway, An Exhibition of Garden Furniture Designed by Christopher Dresser, 8-12 October, 1985.

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Lot Essay

Dresser’s celebrated designs for illustrious Shropshire foundry Coalbrookdale fused two of the primary currents that guided British design at the height of the Empire, uniting the might of industrial production and processes with a sensitivity towards nature, flora and fauna promulgated by the theories of Charles Darwin.

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