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Lost Art is committed to the preservation and development of traditional crafts and
arts. The company was born out of a search for historically accurate furnishings
and services for landscape restorations. Since then we have drawn together a
unique team, which includes blacksmiths, a whitesmith, stonemason and a family of
carpenters – including one of the last remaining wheelwrights – along with workers
using traditional skills that include pattern making, wicker working, carving and
decorative painting.
The collective experience and abilities of the people who make up Lost Art combine
to produce unique landscape furnishings. Through the use of traditional craftsmen’s
skills, we can recreate or restore the products of a bygone era. Our craftspeople
can also create exceptional original designs or recrafted pieces, again to the highest
quality standards of both design and materials. All pieces, whether bespoke or
restored, are individually crafted to the requirements of the client. This ensures that
they will fully complement the particular landscape for which they are intended.
HISTORIC LANDSCAPE FURNISHINGS
McClaren No. 1.
A particularly rare design, recrafted by Lost Art from the
McClaren Foundry design No.1 dating from circa 1884.
The bench features intricate scrollwork with cast iron seat
and backframe with fitted timber slats. It is available in
4ft 6in and 6ft 6in versions.
In the photograph, the slats have been finished in the
historically accurate Farrow and Ball Old White paint.
Squirrel Bench
High Victorian design featuring animals within a naturalistic setting.
Cast iron ends with hand chamfered oak slats.
The design was first registered by the Sun Foundry, Glasgow in 1868.
The original, on which our recrafted items are based, was sourced from
the Pavilion Gardens in South Shields and other original examples can be
found in the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow and the gardens of the
Smithsonian Institute in the USA to where the design was exported.
Available in a full range of sizes from single-seat and finished to
customer requirements - as are all items produced by Lost Art
Lost Art offer services from a range of time-served
craftsmen, renowned for their authenticity and
attention to detail.
Craftsmen currently involved in Lost Art include;
stone masons, carpenters, wheelwrights, blacksmiths,
whitesmiths, pattern makers, fabricators and
a wicker weaver.
Italian Bench
Based on the 19th Century Coalbrookdale Italian design,
this elegant but substantial cast iron and timber bench
features two griffins and a classical Italian face within
the cast iron bench ends.
The bench slats may be rendered in either
hand-finished timber or cast iron – or a combination
of these. As with other Lost Art products, the
basic design is a starting point for us to
reach an agreement with the client over what
exactly is required for a particular location
or project.
Detail from the Medieval bench
Another particularly rare design within the Lost Art range,
it is reproduced from a 19th Century Coalbrookdale
Medieval pattern.
Constructed from cast iron and selected timber.
The original bench from which the Lost Art examples
have been produced was sourced from a commission
in which we restored a number of original benches
and then produced further examples – indistinguishable
from the originals – for a lottery funded project in
Alexandra Park, Oldham.
The Heskin Bench
Ideal for local authority use, this simple, classical design
with substantial cast iron ends incorporates a scrolled top
with supporting hardwood slats and is braced with an
iron frame for additional strength.
The Heskin is suitable for use in high volume, high risk areas.
For further security against wilful damage, the slats can be
produced in box section metal rather than the more traditional
timber.
The Lost Art team includes Lancashire’s last remaining
team of wheelwrights – a particularly specialised and
demanding aspect of both carpentry and metal working.
Grizebeck Seat
This attractive rustic cast iron bench with well seasoned
hardwood slats dates from the late nineteenth century.
It is available in single, two or three-seater versions.
This bench may be well suited to an area where
historical accuracy is required, but patterns of
usage demand utilising a substantial or robust
design of seating.
Thornythwaite Seat.
An attractive rustic bench design, features cast iron
bench ends and seasoned timber slats. Available in
single, two or three-seater versions – this bench has
lent itself to adaptations of the design for a number of
projects, according to location and pattern of usage.
Metal work – both restoration and fabrication
is carried out by our increasingly recognised
team of blacksmiths and whitesmiths.
Lost Art can provide expertise in the design and sourcing
of unusual sections of metal that may be required for
historically accurate or specially commissioned work.
Detail from a restoration project at Smithills Hall,
Bolton – a Grade 1 listed building. The project was
financed under the terms of European Objective One
and implemented under the control of the
Local Authority.
The photograph shows replacement inlaid scrolled sections,
reforged wrought iron collars and cast iron finials which
were replicated by loose pattern casting from remaining
sections of the gate , then cast welded into the sections of
the gate where these details were missing or damaged.
Other work undertaken on the same project has involved
the design, fabrication and installation of period authentic
fencing, benches and the design and production of picnic tables
which incorporate elements of Victorian design into furniture
reflecting modern patterns of usage.
Belmont Tree Seat
A substantial piece, suitable for use in public or private areas.
Constructed in hand-crafted and riveted ironwork, zinc plated,
primed and painted to client specifications.
Developed by Lost Art from a 19th Century design in
Congleton Park, Cheshire.
One of a number of gates replicated from existing
on-site gates at Smithills Hall, Bolton.
Lost Art provided a full service, including the production
of working drawings, manufacturing and installation
of the gates.
Regency period, hand-forged, hand-crafted
spring seats.
This project involved restoring two original examples of
this seat and then producing two perfect replicas. This
was achieved using authentic traditional techniques and
materials, including hot-punching, the production of
hand-forged rivets and tenon joints.
A combination of skills and materials.
This timber and wrought iron bench was originally restored
by Lost Art then reproduced using traditional methods.
The benches, originating from a London park, are more
detailed than they first appear, as the wooden slats are
curved in cross-section, requiring additional attention to
detail and hand-finishing
Lost Art designed, fabricated and installed this
version of their ‘Game-Proof’ fencing.
Versions of this fencing have been exported and
installed in both Europe and America.
A stonemason is the latest addition to the
range of skilled craftsmen operating within the
Lost Art organisation.
As with all other skill areas, we are happy to provide for
either restoration of existing items, or the production
of newly commissioned work.
The Lost Art service can include either or both research
and design elements as we endeavour to create a true
partnership with the individuals or organisations with
whom we work.
Lost Art were selected to supply several key components
for the million pound lottery funded project involving the
restoration and regeneration of the Whitworth Institute in
Derbyshire.
The image shows a Lost Art whitesmith working on the
replication of the park’s distinctive Victorian copper lanterns.
In addition to this, Lost Art craftsmen were also commissioned
to both restore and reproduce a large number of Coalbrookdale
cast iron and timber benches, recraft wooden gates, supply
specialist carved wooden decorations and furnishings and
reproduce a number of large stone urns.
Our involvement in the project began with us conducting
historical research and providing information and advice
to the project coordinators prior to the submission of the
successful lottery bid.
This input, from initiation to completion thoroughly demonstrates
the range and quality of service that Lost Art can provide.
Dominic Liptrot
1 Yewdale Crescent
Wigan
Lancashire
WN1 2HP
Tel: 01257 464601
Fax: 01257 464601
Email: [email protected]
Web page: www.lost-art.co.uk

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