{"product_id":"the-fire-table","title":"The fire table","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA recreation of a late 18th-century cast iron hearth table, possibly Coalbrookdale. England, c1760. From our studies series of designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI bought the original table at auction over twenty years ago, and paid nearly three times the price I'd intended - because I'd never seen anything quite like it before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIt's primitive in appearance, with heavily dinted and richly patinated surfaces...and it's beautiful. It's a utilitarian piece, domestic I believe, and probably part of a large, well-equipped kitchen belonging to a fashionable home. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCooking and heating were the first areas of life to be transformed by the groundbreaking foundry at Coalbrookdale, which later fanned the flames of the Industrial Revolution. So this rare little table is a relic of the moment and method by which we left our past behind, and began to forge the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOur fire table is cast from and made in precisely the same way as the 18th-century original, with sand-cast components brought together by mortise and tenon joints.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matthew Cox","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":53633936982240,"sku":null,"price":5225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Pair","offer_id":53633937015008,"sku":null,"price":9405.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0629\/4034\/8640\/files\/P1196598_3.jpg?v=1784919082","url":"https:\/\/www.matthewcox.com\/products\/the-fire-table","provider":"Matthew Cox","version":"1.0","type":"link"}