拍品专文
Features such as the reed-capped columnar leg and reeded seat-rail can be found in George Smith's (upholsterer to George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV), Cabinet-Maker and Upholster's Guide, 1826
The part of the George IV furnishings that remained at Brodsworth after 1870 has recently been negotiated to the nation by Christie's. It comprises ormolu-mounted rosewood furniture, designed in the French-Grecian manner and bearing the label of Thomas II Seddon (d.1864) and his brother George II Seddon (d.1857), whose enormous cabinet-making establishment in Aldersgate Street, London, helped furnish George IV's Windsor Castle. It is these pieces that support the attribution of the present lot to Seddon.
The Mersham drawing-room was partly refurnished around 1874 when the furniture was re-upholstered in Benjamin Warner's 'Adamite' silk
The part of the George IV furnishings that remained at Brodsworth after 1870 has recently been negotiated to the nation by Christie's. It comprises ormolu-mounted rosewood furniture, designed in the French-Grecian manner and bearing the label of Thomas II Seddon (d.1864) and his brother George II Seddon (d.1857), whose enormous cabinet-making establishment in Aldersgate Street, London, helped furnish George IV's Windsor Castle. It is these pieces that support the attribution of the present lot to Seddon.
The Mersham drawing-room was partly refurnished around 1874 when the furniture was re-upholstered in Benjamin Warner's 'Adamite' silk