BY SEDDONS, CIRCA 1840

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE
BY SEDDONS, CIRCA 1840
With red leather top above four mahogany-lined drawers faced as five drawers, flanked by scrolling rosettes, formerly with a gallery to the rear, possibly with a fully veneered top originally, the castors stamped COPE & COLLINSON PATENT, the central drawer with partly erased label 'Manufacturers/ To Her Majesty / T & G SEDDON / No..../ GRAY'S INN ROAD/ London'
30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Thomas Seddon II and George Seddon III took over their family's highly successful cabinet-making business in 1817 and were awarded a Royal Warrant in 1832 after extensive re-furnishing work at Windsor Castle. This label dates from 1832 onwards.

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