A GREEN PAINTED CAST IRON GARDEN BENCH AFTER THE 'RUSTIC SETTEE' PATTERN, 20TH CENTURY

A GREEN PAINTED CAST IRON GARDEN BENCH AFTER THE 'RUSTIC SETTEE' PATTERN 20TH CENTURY, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY MCDOWALL, STEVEN & CO. The back cast with interlaced branches above a wooden slatted seat and with serpents to the rustic supports This model of bench is recorded in Georg Himmelhebber Cast-Iron Furniture, plate 106, and he dates that the original design to circa 1840, it was also reproduced by various American factories.