A FRENCH CAST-IRON GARDEN BENCH

The design for this Bench is illustrated in the 1858 Barbezat & Cie Fonderies du Val d'Osne Catalogue, under 'Bancs de Jardin', pl. 251. (see J. Davis, Antique Garden Ornament, Antique Collector's Club, Woodbridge, 1991, Appendix II, p. 350. and G. Himmelheber,Cast-Iron Furniture: and All Other Forms of Iron Furniture, Munich, 1996, pl. 83).