Attributed to MOREL & SEDDON (1827-1868)

  73.50 cm high

  28.94 inches high

139.00cm

54.72 inches

A superb quality early 19th century ormolu mounted amboyna, purpleheart and birdseye maple marquetry and parcel gilt centre table, the quarter veneered circular top with a broad marquetry banding of stylised scrolling acanthus and anthemion, with a gilt bronze moulded edge raised upon a turned support veneered in amboyna with carved and gilt mounts spreading to the platform base similarly mounted with paterae and raised on four turned gilt feet with concealed castors.

This spectacular table’s attribution to the Royal cabinet-makers Morel & Seddon is based on close similarities to furniture supplied by them to George IV as part of the Windsor Castle commission. Most notably, the inlaid pattern to the top conforms precisely to that on two amboyna centre tables supplied for the magnificent Crimson Drawing Room at Windsor (see H. Roberts, ‘For the King’s Pleasure: The Furnishing and Decoration of George IV’s Apartments at Windsor Castle,’ 2001, pp. 82 & 92, figs. 83–4). In the 1820s, George IV set about the enormous task of reconstructing and refurbishing Windsor Castle. A consummate builder, the King engaged architect Sir Jeffrey Wyattville and cabinetmakers Morel & Seddon for the task. The firm was directly responsible to the King, who took an active interest in the project. A series of seventy drawings showing the proposed schemes of decoration in many cases bear the King’s annotations and approval (‘appvd’).

Price: £50,000 +

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