Wrought iron furniture is furniture mae by bending, shaping, and welding wrought iron. It has a long history, dating back to Roman times.. There are Thirteenth Century wrought iron gates in Westminster Abbey in London, , but the Seventeenth Century, and the reign of William and Mary in Great Britain, appears to have brought its popularity to a peak. However the coming of cast iron and cheaper steel caused a gradual decline in wrought iron manufacture, with the last wrought ironworks in Britain closing in 1974.