ARCHITECTURAL WROUGHT-IRON PANELS REPUTEDLY MADE BY A PROMINENT IRON ARTISAN, PHILADELPHIA,19th century. Hand-forged slanted foliate design wrought-iron handrail together with a hand-forged wrought-iron balustrade originally mounted on a gallery at the top of the library staircase, with an overall scrolling foliate design centering a flowerhead. Estimate $1,000-1,500
PROVENANCE: Believed to be from the library of artist Mary Cassatt's Philadelphia town house on Rittenhouse Square. Jane Withers Collection.