A cast iron garden bench designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel - image-1

Lot 425 Dα

A cast iron garden bench designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Auction 1169 - overview Berlin
24.04.2021, 11:00 - Prussian Sale
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.250 € (incl. premium)
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A cast iron garden bench designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel

White lacquered cast iron (re-painted). Cast in several pieces and connected with studs. The sides with armrests and ram's heads each cast in one piece, the seat formed from 10 horizontal pieces with two additional round bars below, the backrest formed from two horizontal pieces with arabesque relief décor. With some cracks. Some cracks. H 80, W 114, D 51 cm.
Netherlands, after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, c. 1830.

Provenance

The C. Lith collection.

Literature

Cf. Himmelheber, Möbel aus Eisen, München 1996, no. 68, the example in the Rijkskollecties in s´Gravenhage.
Cf. cat. Die Königliche Eisen-Giesserei zu Berlin 1804 - 1874, Berlin 2004, illus. 38 (an armchair of identical design also made for the Roman Baths in the gardens of Sanssouci Palace).
Cf. Himmelheber, Möbel aus Eisen, München 19966, illus. 68.