Copy of a rare Scottish bench - Charles D. Young & c. 1850, Edinburgh - Grape bunches and leaves

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Copy of a rare Scottish bench - Charles D. Young & c. 1850, Edinburgh - Grape bunches and leaves

Code number: 13862

Condition: New

Bench produced in Edinburgh in Scotland, in the mid-19th century by Charles D. Young & c.
The originals for the molding are acquired through a well-known English antique dealer specialized in antique garden furniture.
The bench depicts an ensemble of grape shoots with leaves and bunches.

We have also the Armchair:

Armchair

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3 Available Available

Data sheet

Height	31.5 in	80 cm
Width	32.68 in	83 cm
Depth	26.77 in	68 cm
Weight	33.07 lbs	15 Kg
Backrest height	16.54 in	42 cm
Seat height	14.96 in	38 cm
Artist / Creator / Architect	Charles D. Young & company c. 1850
Distance between the two armrests	30.71 in	78 cm
Historical period	Scozia / Scotlad 1850
Seat width	27.95 in	71 cm
Manufacturing	Recuperando srl
Material	Alluminium
Note 01	Distance between the two rear legs 52 cm
Note 02	Distance between the two front legs 83 cm
Maximum seat depth	13.78 in	35 cm

More info

This model is found exclusively in Great Britain, sometime in USA, it is rare and very expensive, usually it is beaten by the English auction houses with figures ranging between 5,000 £ and 8,000 £, this only for the sofa, in the case of a complete set of 1 sofa and two armchairs always exceed £ 10,000.

The bench is made up of 11 pieces, made with 8 different molds, the realization of this ancient set was not easy.

Bibliography:

CAST-IRON FURNITURE - Georg Himmelheber - Philip Wilson - 1996
Photos 113 and 114 - Edinburgh, Charles D. Young & Co., c. 1850

GARDEN ORNAMENTS and Antiques - Myra Yellin Outwater - Shiffer Publishing Ltd - 2000
Page 186, two photos with text: Late 19th century, cast-iron seat.
American. It is very unusual to find a bench this small. Hobensack and Keller. PAUSE
Myra Yellin mentions America as origin but does not refer to the production which was certainly Scottish, this model was exported to America by C.D. Young & Co in the second half of the 1800s.

Messrs Charles D. Young & Company. Illustrated and descriptive catalog of machinery, implements, tools ... iron architecture, bridges ... c. 1857-8
We found the original catalog of Charles D. Young & Co, we publish at the end of the photos, the title page of the ancient catalog and page 74 with the drawings of the bench and an armchair.
The category is HORTICULTURE and JARDINERIA.
If you are interested we can provide you the scanned catalog in PDF of 37.4 MB.