Sale 8623
New York, East
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18 - 19 December 2001
Price realised
USD 2,115
Estimate
A SUITE OF GREEN-PAINTED CAST IRON GARDEN FURNITURE In the manner of Coalbrookdale Comprising a bench and a pair of armchairs, each with a foliate cresting above a pierced back and down-scrolled arms molded with pierced scrolling foliage, oakleaves and acorns and encompassing a slatted bench seat on conforming molded trestle supports The bench 48in. (122cm.) long (3)
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Literature
For a larger bench of this model please refer to Himmelheber, Georg. Cast-Iron Furniture And All Other Forms of Furniture, London: Philip Wilson, 1996, fig. 119, p.120
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