LATE 18TH CENTURY

A writing-table of identical design from the Collection of Lord and Lady White of Hull was sold in these Rooms, 30 April 1997, lot 90. A satinwood and amaranth collector's cabinet with identical legs and frieze and inset with Wedgwood medallions was sold Sotheby's London, 3 May 1996, lot 10. These examples are similar to a bonheur-du-jour by the London cabinetmaking firm of Seddon & Co. in the Victoria and Albert Museum (illustrated in V. Woolf, 'Seddon Family Furniture,' p. 89, fig. 1).