Live Auction 5303Christie's Style & Spirit
A PAIR OF ENGLISH RED-PAINTED CAST AND WROUGHT-IRON GATES AND GATE POSTS
Lot 169

A PAIR OF ENGLISH RED-PAINTED CAST AND WROUGHT-IRON GATES AND GATE POSTS

LATE 20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE GATES AT STRAWBERRY FIELDS ORPHANAGE, LIVERPOOL

Closed16 September 2014

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GBP 4,375

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A PAIR OF ENGLISH RED-PAINTED CAST AND WROUGHT-IRON GATES AND GATE POSTS
LATE 20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE GATES AT STRAWBERRY FIELDS ORPHANAGE, LIVERPOOL
The openwork scrolled gates with shaped frames and turned finials within a pair of rectangular posts with finials
Posts -- 79 in. (201 cm.) high; gates 68 in. (173 cm.) high; overall width 115 in. (292 cm.) approx.

Specialist note

These gates are the same model as the gates made for Strawberry Fields orphanage in Woolton, Liverpool made famous in 1967 by the Beatles song "Strawberry Fields Forever" written by John Lennon.