The catalogue explores the cast-iron industry from a socio-economic and political perspective and provides a comprehensive examination of cast-iron work from 1800-1850. The flourishing of the cast iron industry during the first half of the 19th century under the aegis of the Prussian government, and the manner in which the industry became a major contributor to that nation’s economic development is examined in the catalogue. The history of the cast-iron industry is traced as well, from the manufacture of a diverse array of domestic objects to the construction of major engineering and architectural innovations.

Table of Contents
Foreword
Susan Weber Soros

Introduction
Derek E. Ostergard

The Iron Revolution in Britain, 1750-1825
Michael Stratton

The Road to Industrialization: Prussia, 1814-1848
Kenneth D. Barkin

Commerce and Industry in the Habsburg Empire in the Age of Matternich, 1815-1841
Leon Botstein

Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Berlin Cast Iron, 1810-1841
Ursula Ilse-Neuman

The Central European Cast-Iron Industries
Elisabeth Schmuttermeier

The Beginnings of Cast-Iron Garden Furniture Production
Georg Himmelheber

A History of Cast-Iron Jewelry
Brigitte Marquardt

A Passion for Antique Gems
E. Bryding Adams

A History of Cast-Iron Technology and the Prussian Iron Art Industry
Albrecht Pyritz

German Sculpture and Cast Iron: Berlin as Epicenter
Helmut Borsch-Supan

Catalogue of the Exhibition
Elisabeth Schmuttermeier and Derek E. Ostergard

Appendix: A Directory of Central European and British Cast-Iron Foundries
Compiled by Lisa Arcomano and Michael Stratton

Glossary

Bibliography

Index