Garden bench
probably Coalbrookdale Iron Foundry
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Cast iron, oak
Measurements
90 x 180 x 60 cm
Place of origin
England
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 435240.2
Summary
One of a set of eight cast iron and painted oak garden benches, probably by Coalbrookdale 'Serpent and Grape pattern' English, late 19th century. Later painted with dog head arm terminals and paw feet, vine and snake motifs fill the side supports. .
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow (b.1936) in 1984.
Makers and roles
probably Coalbrookdale Iron Foundry, founder