A. Durenne Furniture

Striking large natural sea shell mounted with a custom iron support, designed for wall display. With its sculptural organic form, natural texture, and elegant proportions, this piece...

A large, cast iron unicorn with a custom attached base stand. Great detail can be seen in the creature’s mane, head and musculature.

Wall fountain set: original water tank and soap dish and wooden support, lavabo. France, mid-19th century Unseal plant holder Very good condition Shipping: 86 x 18 x 30 cm, 7 kg.   

A pair of English cast stone reclining lions statues from the early 20th century, on rectangular bases. Created in England during the first quarter of the 20th century, each of this ...

An American giant stone frog from the 20th century, with great patina. Made in the USA in 1987, this giant stone stone frog used to be a fountain (notice the remnants of a pipe below...

Wonderful cast iron fountain head with a great expression, France, circa 1850-1900. Weathered. H:27cm W:25,5cm D:10cm

8-102 cast marble stone sculpture designer by Vincent Glinsky in 1930s Original sculpture done in 1930 Newly cast in Italy 1960s Russian born/American artist 1895-1975.

A 19th century French Neoclassical style cast stone fountain. Shell shaped basin with a pair of dolphin spouts is held aloft by a cherub, or putto, his foot resting on a turtle. Weat...

Mid-20th century cast stone garden sculpture lion seated on plinth with one paw raised. Beautiful detail of head and mane. Some natural patina a...

Antique French fountain basin can be used as a planter or jardinière This item also may have served of children bath tub Very old, the wood wor...

Inspired by municipal fountains often seen in 19th-century Europe, this charming cast iron fountain from Toulouse, France, dates to the 1900s. Two column pilasters flank the high-arc...

A very fine pair of French 19th-20th century neoclassical style patinated cast iron figural torchères by A. Durenne, Paris, each representing a figure of a standing young maiden, her arms raised forward while holding a a flaming urn gas light (Now electrified) with a frosted glass flame, each raised on a veined grey marble column stand, both cast-signed 'A. Durenne, Paris'. Antoine Durenne was an internationally renowned French art founder. He attended École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1842. Durenne purchased a small foundry in Sommevoire, near the Val d'Osne, Haute-Marne, France and established The Durenne firm, circa Paris, 1900. Cast-iron had been in production during the 18th century but its inferior status to the more fashionable and delicate wrought iron had generally confined its use to architectural work. By the early 19th century, however, rapid developments of the Industrial Revolution combined with the simultaneous burgeoning of a new middle class provided the impetus for a dramatic Expansion in its application and in a short space of time a proliferation of iron foundries across Europe and America thrived on the production of everything from inkstands to railway stations. The use of cast-iron for garden ornament became particularly widespread at this time, as the possibilities for its mass-production at a fraction of the cost of bronze made it the material of choice for outdoor statuary...