A Coalbrookdale Lily of the Valley pattern cast iron garden seat, fully restored and stamped CBDALE & Co.
Dated 8th January 1864.
Full height of back 86cm
Seat height 42cm
Seat depth 36cm
Depth to outswept legs 56cm
Total width to outswept arms 157cm
In the 19th century, Coalbrookdale was noted for its decorative ironwork. It is here (for example) that the gates of London’s Hyde Park were built. Other examples include the Coalbrookdale verandah at St John’s in Monmouth, Wales, and as far away as the Peacock Fountain in Christchurch, New Zealand. The blast furnaces were closed down, perhaps as early as the 1820s, but the foundries remained in use. The Coalbrookdale Company became part of an alliance of ironfounding companies called Light Castings Limited. This was absorbed by Allied Ironfounders Limited in 1929. This was in turn taken over by Glynwed which has since become Aga Foodservice. The Coalbrookdale foundry closed in November 2017.
Yu can read more about Coalbrookdale here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalbrookdale
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