'Carved Seats', Bowes Railway Path,

'Carved Seats', Bowes Railway Path,

HER Number
11045
District
Gateshead
Site Name
'Carved Seats', Bowes Railway Path,
Place
Kibblesworth
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
1994 by Chris Sell assisted by Primetime Sculptors. Two high-backed wooden chairs set against a hedge overlooking fields towards Birtley. Each chair is carved in relief with designs in contrasting yellows and greens - the left chair has a farmer and tractor on the top and a plough and harness on the front, the right chair has a miner in a bucket on the top and a shovel on the front. Commissioned by Gateshead MBC.
Easting
423700
Northing
556300
Grid Reference
NZ423700556300
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 82