Antique Art Deco Cast Iron Vanity Window Bench With Polychrome Griffin Elements

  With our absolute highest compliments Bay Colony Antiques takes the utmost pleasure in offering this wonderful antique bench. These benches became quite popular during the earliest part of the 20th century as vanity or window benches depending on where the piece was placed within the home. Vanity benches typically are used to accompany a dresser with an oversized mirror, commonly referred to as a vanity, which were standard in many American homes leading up to the Great Depression. Window benches are used as one might assume to be adorned near or beneath a window system as the small stature of each bench does not impede the view or space surrounding a window. While many of these benches were produced, a century later they have become quite rare and desirable among collectors of antiques and interior decorators. As far as the remaining examples are concerned, most are designed with floral elements or generic patterns typical of commonly found ironworks from a century ago. The example