Garden bench
attributed to Coalbrookdale Co Ltd
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1870
Materials
Iron, paint, hardwood
Measurements
75.5 cm (H); 198 cm (W); 66 cm (D)
Place of origin
Shropshire
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 638690
Summary
A cast iron and painted slatted garden bench, attributed to Coalbrookdale, circa 1870. With twenty two later white-painted slats attached to three later black painted iron supports cast as boughs in an ‘X’ frame supporting a scrolling frame and bough-cast arms.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust from J. Montgomery Massingberd in 1990.
Makers and roles
attributed to Coalbrookdale Co Ltd, foundry