Lot 87
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A GEORGE IV BLACK-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT WINDOW SEAT

CIRCA 1825

Details
A GEORGE IV BLACK-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT WINDOW SEAT
circa 1825
The padded scroll-topped ends and rectangular seat covered in striped silk, the ends inset with Gothic arches and with conforming seatrail, on panelled octagonal tapering legs and turned feet with inset casters, redecorated and with traces of old green paint, possibly reduced in depth
23¾in. (60cm.) high, 40½in. (103cm.) wide, 15½in. (39.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This bench with its faceted legs and gothic panelled rails is related to a suite of chairs supplied by Morel and Seddon to the design of A.W.N.Pugin for the Dining-Room at Windsor Castle in 1927 (see E.T.Joy, English Furniture 1800-1851, 1977, p.132). The ornament derives from patterns in the 'Gothic or Old English fashion' illustrated by George Smith, 'Upholder Extraordinary' to George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV, in his Collection of Designs for Household Furniture, 1808, and The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1826, pl.XXXXI. Closely related seat furniture was supplied to William Harry, 3rd Earl of Darlington for Raby Castle, Co.Durham following the Windsor Castle commission and was sold in Christie's house sale, 10-11 October 1994, lots 181-182.