Lot Essay
Morgan & Co of 16 & 17 Catherine Street traded from 1818-1820. The firm was established after the death of Joseph Saunders in 1818 up until then they had been known as Morgan & Saunders specialising in patent furniture.
An almost identical chair bed retaining its hinged flaps is illustrated in C. Gilbert Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, pp.346-348, figs 668-674.
The design for this bed is shown illustrated in a broadsheet advertisement by Thomas Butler 13 & 14 Catherine Street, London. It was referred to as the 'Butler patent chair bed'.
The bed is illustrated in an Exhibition of Travelling and Campaign Furniture 1790-1850, 3rd to 30th June 1984 at Phillips of Hitchen and also as fig.6 in an article Beds and Bedroom Furniture 1700-1830 by Jerome Phillips.
Cf. Exhibition of Furniture for Travel 1760-1800, 6th-30th June 1987 at Phillips of Hitchin for further mention of Morgan & Saunders.
B. Austin Morgan & Saunders and the Patent Furniture Makers of Catherine Street Connoiseur, November 1974.
An almost identical chair bed retaining its hinged flaps is illustrated in C. Gilbert Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, pp.346-348, figs 668-674.
The design for this bed is shown illustrated in a broadsheet advertisement by Thomas Butler 13 & 14 Catherine Street, London. It was referred to as the 'Butler patent chair bed'.
The bed is illustrated in an Exhibition of Travelling and Campaign Furniture 1790-1850, 3rd to 30th June 1984 at Phillips of Hitchen and also as fig.6 in an article Beds and Bedroom Furniture 1700-1830 by Jerome Phillips.
Cf. Exhibition of Furniture for Travel 1760-1800, 6th-30th June 1987 at Phillips of Hitchin for further mention of Morgan & Saunders.
B. Austin Morgan & Saunders and the Patent Furniture Makers of Catherine Street Connoiseur, November 1974.