Fine Pair Georgian Painted Demi-Lune Pier Table
Stock No
2742
2013
- £13,750.00
- €16,064 Euro
- $17,123 US Dollar
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Item Description
The cabinet-making firm established by George Seddon in the early 1750s was a prolific one. In the Gentleman's Magazine of 1768 an entry noted a fire on the premises of Mr. Seddon, 'one of the most eminent cabinet-makers in London', which resulted in £20,000 in damages; in 1783 another fire destroyed an enormous £100,000 in property.
By 1786, a German novelist Sophie von La Roche noted in her travel journal that the firm employed over 400 apprentices including glass-grinders, bronze-casters, carvers, gilders, painters, drapers and upholsterers, all of whom worked at the Aldersgate Street premises. A study of the printed bill-heads for the firm reveal the times when sons Thomas and George officially joined the company. Thomas Shackleton, who married the eldest daughter in 1790, was invited to join the firm in that same year. The partnership lasted until the father retired in 1798 and the sons assumed control of the business.
Width: 33 inches - 84cm
Height: 30 inches - 77cm
Depth: 14 1/2 inches - 37cm
Item Info
Seller
Seller Location
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire
Item Dimensions
H: 77cm W: 84cm D: 37cm
Period
C 1795
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Location
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire
Item Location
United Kingdom
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+44 (0)1438 869819