Collections: Decorative Arts: Bench

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Bench

• Maker: Peter Timmes Son
• Medium: Painted cast iron
• Place Manufactured: Brooklyn, New York, USA
• Dates: ca. 1895
• Dimensions: 39 3/4 x 43 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (101 x 110.5 x 37.5 cm)
• Markings: Cast on bottom of center section of back: "PETER TIMMES SON BROOKLYN N. Y. / PAT. MAY 7, 1895"; Cast on back center section beneath crest: "PAT. MAY 7, 1895"
• Signature: no signature
• Inscriptions: no inscriptions
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 76.143
• Credit Line: H. Randolph Lever Fund
• Image: Overall, 76.143_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Peter Timmes Son. Bench, ca. 1895. Painted cast iron, 39 3/4 x 43 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (101 x 110.5 x 37.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 76.143 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 76.143_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Bench, cast iron painted silver; back consists of three square sections, the center with a higher crest rail; flanking squares are scroll screens surrounded by rope border with stylized acanthus crests; center square, similar but with diamond shape in center; seat perforated in cross and circle motif; skirt of seat is roping suspending stylized acanthus on front and sides; scrolled arms and legs with scroll front to back stretchers at sides. CONDITION: Seat cracked at proper left; paint worn on seat and proper left arm.