Interesting 19th Century Iron Table
A very unusual cast iron occasional table in the eastern style. The lobed top with islamic style decoration supported on an elaborate cast iron and bronze base.
Signed: Gesetzlich Gesghutzt Eisenwerk Lauchhammer 4302 to the underside
This is the only example of this model of table known by us to exist.
The foundry of Lauchhammer was founded by Baroness Benedicta Margareta von Löwendal on July 17, 1725. In the 19th Century The art foundry was represented at numerous prestigious exhibitions around the world and won several gold medals, notably at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1855.
From 1864 to 1867, the foundry workers, under the direction of the engineer Wilhelm Rose, produced a cast-iron columned hall for the Gezira Palace on the Nile island of Gezira in Cairo . The 400-ton building designed by the architect Carl von Diebitsch was 300 meters long and 15 meters high. In the 21st century, only a few parts of it that are integrated into the Marriott hotel complex have survived.
Signed Gesetzlich Gesghutzt Eisenwerk Lauchhammer 4302 to the underside