Foreword                                                                                                        7

Introduction                                                                                                  9

Wrought-iron furniture

Seating                                                                                                         11

Chests and cupboards                                                                              13

Wrought iron in the rococo period                                                         17

Beds                                                                                                             18

The beginnings of cast-iron furniture Karl Friedrich Schinkel          22

Cast-iron Gothic                                                                                        25

Nature made of iron                                                                                 29

Registered British furniture models                                                        35

Rococo and Renaissance                                                                        38

Iron in the houle                                                                                        41

Beds                                                                                                             41

Hall stands                                                                                                 44

Umbrella stands                                                                                        45

Tables                                                                                                          46

Iron on the street                                                                                       49

Furniture made of bent iron                                                                    51

Final observations                                                                                     63

Notes                                                                                                           67

Bibliography                                                                                              76

THE PLATES                                                                                            79

Notes on plates                                                                                         223

Index                                                                                                          235

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