ATTRIBUTED TO T. & G. SEDDON, CIRCA 1820-30

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV MAHOGANY, EBONY AND EBONISED PEMBROKE TABLES
ATTRIBUTED TO T. & G. SEDDON, CIRCA 1820-30
Each twin-flap top with triple-reeded edge above a single frieze drawer on turned tapering legs, the castors stamped 'B & C Patent' beneath a crown
27 in. (67.5 cm.) high; 19 ¼ in. (49 cm.) wide or 33 ¾ in. (85 ½ cm.) wide open; 21 in. (53 cm.) deep

Provenance

Private collection, Cadogan Square, London.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 18 November 2009, lot 211 (a set of four).

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Sale room notice

Please note that the original handles of these tables are inlaid with elephant ivory and as such will require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU and may require further licences for entry into the importing country.

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Lot Essay

These Pembroke tables relate in the simplicity of their design and construction to the output of the firm of Thomas Seddon in the late Regency period and into the reign of George IV. Almost identical turned legs combined with a triple reed-edged top feature on a washstand with the firm's Aldersgate Street label, supplied to John Thullusson, 2nd Baron Rendlesham (d. 1832) for Brodsworth Hall, Yorkshire (C. Gilbert, Marked London Furniture 1660-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 408, pl. 810).

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