Lot 194
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN COALBROOKDALE 'GRAPE AND SERPENT' PATTERN CAST IRON GARDEN SEATS
CIRCA 1870
Auction: 13 October 2016 at 12:00 BST
Description
the scroll side supports cast with dogs' head arm facings, serpents and fruiting vines, with wood slats, painted white (2)
Dimensions
60cm wide, 75cm high, 59cm deep
Footnote
Note: Coalbrookdale is a village in the Severn Gorge, sometimes called the Ironbridge Gorge. This is due to the area's importance in the development of iron smelting during the Industrial Revolution. The geographical history of the site made it the ideal place to produce high quality ironwork, for which many places in the area then became known. During the mid-nineteenth century Coalbrookdale became particularly noted for its decorative ironwork, most often seen in items such a garden furniture and gates. A famous example are the Coalbrookdale Gates of Hyde Park, made for the Great Exhibition of 1851.