This stool is one of seven I own. The top is cast iron with a chrome finish. The seat pad is red vinyl or similiar material, and a cast iron base, painted black. Three stools had material tags, and one of those tags had a 1 cent Inspector's stamp from the New York Division of Bedding. It appears that the stamp is from the 1920's or 1930's but that information is from a prelimary search on my part to date the stools. All research on the internet points to these stools as being 1920's or 1930's soda fountain stools. But I am looking to find out more and an estimated price.
item was cast at union manuf.co prior to 1946. JZH was the owner of the company. he primarily cast in iron, on occasion he cast in bronze and white metal. it seems that figures cast in bronze were put into his private stock and visitors were offered a choise of any item as a gift. i have about 10 pages of info and could fax to anyone that wished to review.
Falconet is known as sculpter who was invited to Russia by Catherine The Great in September 1766. At St Peterburg he executed a colossal statue of Peter The Great in bronze, known as Bronze Horzeman.
Introduced bronze statue was inspired by the Bather, painted in1725 by Francois Lemoyne, and popular by engravings.
The sculptor has portrayed the moment just before the young girl's bath, as she puts her foot tentatively forward to test the temperature of the water.
Falconet captures the moment when a young girl becomes a women, thereby defining a new feminine aesthetic - long slender body, narrow hips, sloping shoulder, and small breast - which was to impregnate his future work and influence his contemporaries. The girls head is small and her oval face forms a triangle. Her hairstyle was inspred by antiquity; smooth on top, with a cetral parting.
