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Lot 150
AN AMERICAN 'GOTHIC' CAST-IRON FIREGRATE INSERT
CIRCA 1867, AFTER A DESIGN BY ALEXANDER JACKSON DAVIS
Closed4 June 2008
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GBP 350
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Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892) was an architect and artist of extraordinary vision.
Davis designed his first significant Gothic house in 1838 for William Paulding. Overlooking the Tappan Zee section of the Hudson River at Tarrytown, it was named Knoll and later renamed Lyndhurst by its subsequent owner George Merritt. It was expanded under the direction of Davis in 1867.
Davis designed his first significant Gothic house in 1838 for William Paulding. Overlooking the Tappan Zee section of the Hudson River at Tarrytown, it was named Knoll and later renamed Lyndhurst by its subsequent owner George Merritt. It was expanded under the direction of Davis in 1867.