A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT BIDET STAND

ATTRIBUTED TO TATHAM, BAILEY AND SAUNDERS

Details

A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT BIDET STAND
Attributed to Tatham, Bailey and Saunders
The moulded rectangular removable cover above a frame, on ring-turned and reeded tapering legs, the cover branded 'GIVR No. 44', the seat branded 'WINDSOR CASTLE 1866 ROOM 151 VR' with a crown and 'No 44', later gilded
18 in. (46 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 14 in. (37.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Probably supplied by Tatham, Bailey and Saunders to George IV and at Windsor Castle, Berkshire in 1866.
Bought by the present owner from the Royal Mews circa 1980.

Sale room notice

This bidet is probably by Banting France & Co, who worked from 27 St James's Street, London between 1813-40, and not as suggested in the catalogue. They are known particularly for their Royal Commissions, where they supplied, moved, repaired and converted furniture in most Royal houses between 1825-36.

Lot Essay

This bidet is likely to have formed part of the furnishings provided for the Royal Household by the Mount Street firm of Tatham, Bailey and Saunders (see The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, pp. 277-279). It bears the George IV inventory brand (Room 44), and another for 1866, when it was at Windsor Castle, listed in Room 151. With its Egyptian reeded legs it relates to bidets 'with slip on covers, turned reeded legs and Wedgwood pans' that formed part of the furnishings supplied from 1811 for Tatton Park, Cheshire, under the direction of the architect, Lewis Wyatt (d. 1835) (N. Goodison and J. Hardy, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History, 1970, pp. 1-39, pl. 14A).

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