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Four exceptional George III mahogany hall chairs, English by…
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Hobart
Date:
23-Oct-2011
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Four exceptional George III mahogany hall chairs, English by Thomas and G Seddon, London, English, circa 1800, bearing painted crests one stamped Tb, 92 cm high, seats 44 cm wide. Provenance: one pair Martyn Cook Antiques, Sydney the other Horners Auctions Norfolk August 2005. Note: the Seddon family ran a large cabinetmaking and upholstery business in London from 1753 until the mid-19th century (C. Gilbert, pictorial Dictionary of marked London furniture 1700-1840, London, 1996, p.414, fig. 821). A pair of identical chairs with the label of Thomas & George Seddon and bearing their Aldersgate Street address in use between circa 1817 & 1840, was sold anonymously, Philips, London, 19th June 1990, Lot 110. A single chair of this model was sold anonymously, Bonhams, 9 April 2002, Lot 103 & a pair was sold anonymously, Drewett Neate, 30 January 2002, Lot 492.
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