Dear Helaine and Joe: I have an old set of wrought-iron garden furniture (a magnet sticks to it, so it must be iron). The set consists of a four-footed heavy pedestal table and four chairs, all ...

The small patio set’s design is what first caught our eye. The two chairs have lattice backs that are mirrored on the tabletop, and the legs have curved a ...

Almost all chairs and tables were made of wood until the beginning of the 19th century, when new materials inspired new designs. When iron was first used, it had to be hand-wrought.