This pair of 1830s stair railings surviving in the Society Hill area of Philadelphia is a prime example of the finest ornamental ironwork produced in a part of the country renowned for being a major center for ironwork during the 18th and into the 20th Century. They had fallen into disrepair and were the victim of a series of inappropriate repairs. Scroll work had to be replicated along with missing cast rosettes. The original rosettes were cast in brass and were a very early application of cast detail on the more traditional hand forged wrought iron work. The rail to the basement on the right is an adaptation of the original design.