A particularly comfortable bench features chamfered wooden slats in a curved shape on rustic style cast iron supports, characteristic of the early period of Victorian garden bench design. The supports are sufficiently substantial that the seat may be installed in either private or public grounds.

Lost Art are celebrating landing a supporting role in West End musical ‘The Sound Of Music’. Two of the company’s cast iron and timber Elterwater benches will be appearing on stage at the London Palladium, alongside more recognisable stars such as Connie Fisher, winner of the TV talent show “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?”

Dominic Liptrot, managing director of Lost Art explains, “We got a phone call from a props buyer acting for The Really Useful Theatre Company who had seen our web site. They considered a few of our benches before settling on the Elterwaters. They wanted 5ft benches in off white, so they didn’t look too new. We are really pleased with them, so now we are thinking of producing a limited edition and calling it the Edelweiss!”

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, founder of the Really Useful Theatre Company is already the owner of probably the most expensive ‘Garden Bench’ in the world. In the 1990’s he paid 5 million dollars for a painting of that name by the Pre-Raphaelite artist James Tissot. Although the bench in the painting cannot be fully seen, being largely hidden by a blanket , it is very similar in shape to …. the Elterwater Bench!