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• Cast iron furniture is cost effective compare to other type of furniture as follows

  • Cast Iron Furniture are more cheaper than cast iron aluminum furniture
  • Wood & Cast Iron furniture are approximately similar as far as cost is concern but maintenance of cast iron is nil while in wood lots of care is required.
  • Steel is less expensive but it is not very durable while cast iron furniture is long lasting.

• Cast Iron furniture is strong and durable. In Cast Iron Furniture finishes used include red oxide primer, semi black enamel, hot dip galvanize, powder coating, sandblasted or a bare finish to make it  easy to maintain, corrosion proof and weather proof.

• Cast Iron furniture is very popular because cast iron ornamental products add artistic elegance to architecture that reflects the definitive craftsmanship. It is possible to make such artistic design and styles as per specific requirement of customer. This is the reason why cast iron is first choice for the people who prefer outstanding and unique styles in their furniture.

• The earliest designs for cast iron furniture imitated those of wood furniture, as early casting forms were in fact made of wood. But gradually cast iron furniture designs became more slender and more fluid, taking advantage of the added strength of iron over wood, and the lack of the restrictions of joinery.

• A history of furniture made of iron, beginning with the third century Roman sella curulis, a folding chair of wrought iron, and ending with the Art Nouveau cast iron street furniture in Paris designed at the beginning of the 20th century.

• Most of the late 19th-century cast-iron pieces have makers' marks. Before they began making cast-iron furniture, many artisans made everything from gates to stoves. Some names are specialized in Gothic styles.

• The general interest in using cast-iron decoratively began with the London Crystal Palace Exhibitions in 1851. Earlier it had been used by English garden designers, but it was an American garden designer, Andrew Jackson Dowing, who in the 1840s felt gardens should be considered outdoor rooms, with furniture and accessories.

• From the 1850s on, cast-iron furnishings followed current decorative fashion, including Gothic and rustic styles: branches, leaves and ferns.

• By the 1870s, the “new look” was an elegant and elaborate combination of Renaissance revival and rococo revival styles: three floral panels forming the back, each with central floral decoration.

• Iron castings can be poured at lower temperatures than those required by steel.
• Liquid iron is more fluid than steel, which allows for complex and varied shapes.
• Cast iron is less prone to casting defects than steel.
• Plating, painting, and the application of enamel are the most common anti-corrosion treatments.
• They work by providing a barrier of corrosion-resistant material between the damaging environment and the often cheaper, tougher, and easier-to-process structural material.
• Aside from cosmetic and manufacturing issues, there are tradeoffs in mechanical flexibility versus resistance to abrasion and high temperature.