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

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

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Armchair 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.

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780,00 €



Data sheet


Height 31.5 in 80 cm
Width 23.62 in 60 cm
Depth 19.69 in 50 cm
Weight 17.64 lbs 8 Kg
Backrest height 15.75 in 40 cm
Seat height 15.75 in 40 cm
Artist / Creator / Architect Charles D. Young & company c. 1850
Diameter of the seat 13.39 in 34 cm
Seat width 13.39 in 34 cm
Manufacturing Recuperando srl
Material Alluminium
Note 01 Backrest width 57 cm
Maximum seat depth 16.93 in 43 cm

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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 chair consists of 8 pieces, made with 6 different molds, the making of this ancient garden chair 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.


 

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