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  • Collection: The Gilded Garden

Rare cast-iron "Rococo" or "Gothic" garden seat

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the back constructed of hoops, the seat pierced, the front and back legs of cabriole form.

Illustration: Janes, Kirtland & Co., Illustrated Catalogue of Ornamental Iron Work, New York, 1870, unpaged.

Two wirework trellises

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one with flared upper portion, the other with flat top and flared bottom, both with spiral wirework on the shaft

Terra-cotta figural group titled L’Enfants au Coeur (“Children of the Heart”)

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comprising two curly-haired winged cherubs representing Cupid and Psyche, with Cupid trying to prevent Psyche from stomping on the flaming heart that lies at their feet (alongside a rose and Cupid’s quiver full of arrows), the act of stomping…