A rare Barnard

A rare Barnard, Bishop and Barnard cast iron Chrysanthemum pattern chair, designed by Thomas Jeckyll, the back cast with radiating chrysanthemum stem panels above Barnard, Bishop and Barnard Bee rebus, with flaring reeded legs with scroll feet, painted in shades of black, green and gilt with traces of white, with mahogany seat signed in the casting, repaired back 84cm. high Literature Susan Weber Soros and Catherine Arbuthnott Thomas Jeckyll Architect and Designer 1827-1881 BGC Yale page 232 figure 6-86 for a comparable example of the Chrysanthemum back chair painted green. Stephen Calloway The Cult of Beauty V&A, page 36 plate 27 for a comparable example of the Hydrangea back illustrated and exhibited at the V&A exhibition. The chair back was available in five variations according to Barnard, Bishop and Barnard's catalogue of 1878 - Chrysanthemum, Rose, Hydrangea, Honeysuckle and Shell. the designs were also used for the cresting for their Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, 1876.