Sold for:
$12,500
$12,500
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution
three-piece fireback
USA, c.
1885 cast iron 68 w x 30 d x 45 h in (173 x 76 x 114 cm)
result: $12,500
This three-piece fireback is purported to be from the Palmer Mansion, Chicago. The lion motif was favored by Potter Palmer. Signed with partial cast manufacturer's mark to reverse: [Union Square N.Y.].
provenance: Architectural Artifacts, Chicago | Private collection, Chicago
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2012-06-07
