Important Design 
7 June 2012
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 1 of 7
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 2 of 7
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 3 of 7
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 4 of 7
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 5 of 7
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 6 of 7
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 7 of 7
Important Design 
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 1 of 7
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 2 of 7
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 3 of 7
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 4 of 7
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 5 of 7
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 6 of 7
Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution, three-piece fireback - Image 7 of 7
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Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost, attribution

three-piece fireback

USA, c. 1885
cast iron 45 h × 68 w × 30 d in (114 × 173 × 76 cm)
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $12,500
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This three-piece fireback is purported to be from the Palmer Mansion, Chicago. The lion motif was favored by Potter Palmer. Signed with partial cast manufacturer's mark to reverse: [Union Square N.Y.].
provenance: Architectural Artifacts, Chicago | Private collection, Chicago

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