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拍品专文
The wine cooler displays bands of lotus-carving bordering cut-cornered panels within cross-grained surrounds that correspond to the superb cellaret, inscribed and dated 1801, from the workshop of George Seddon, sold Sotheby’s, New York, 21 January 1995, lot 354 ($101,500 including premium), and illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700 – 1840, Leeds, 1996, p.401, fig 793. Furthermore, the roundel foot has similarities with those on a mahogany bookcase by Seddons of circa 1830.
The Seddon firm of cabinet-makers were among the most long-lived and prolific in the 18th and 19th centuries. Founded in 1753 by George Seddon I (d.1801) in Aldersgate Street, in the 19th century in was run initially by Thomas and George Seddon II, and then by the latter’s nephews who established a showroom at 16 Lower Grosvenor Street in 1826. Many pieces of furniture bearing the stamp or label of T. & G. Seddon are known, often inscribed with a workman’s name and serial number. In 1827 the firms went into partnership with Nicholas Morel in fulfilling a major commission at Windsor Castle, and the firm was awarded A Royal Warrant in 1832.
The Seddon firm of cabinet-makers were among the most long-lived and prolific in the 18th and 19th centuries. Founded in 1753 by George Seddon I (d.1801) in Aldersgate Street, in the 19th century in was run initially by Thomas and George Seddon II, and then by the latter’s nephews who established a showroom at 16 Lower Grosvenor Street in 1826. Many pieces of furniture bearing the stamp or label of T. & G. Seddon are known, often inscribed with a workman’s name and serial number. In 1827 the firms went into partnership with Nicholas Morel in fulfilling a major commission at Windsor Castle, and the firm was awarded A Royal Warrant in 1832.