VAL D'OSNE FOUNDRY, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, VAL D'OSNE FOUNDRY, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH CAST IRON 'GOTHIC' PATTERN GARDEN SEAT

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VAL D'OSNE FOUNDRY, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Details

VAL D'OSNE FOUNDRY, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Pierced gothic tracery overall
58in. (147cm.) wide

Provenance

Christie's London, 9 April 2003, lot 191

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The original design for this seat is illustrated in the 1858 Barbezat & Cie Fonderies du Val D'Osne catalogue, under 'Bancs de Jardin', plate 251.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
John Davis, Antique Garden Ornament, Antique Collector's Club, Woodbridge Suffolk 1991. Appendix II, p.350.

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