Stool 1827-28
Oak, pollard oak, textile | 46.0 x 44.0 x 44.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 20447
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Set of oak and pollard oak stools; square frame panelled with gothic ovals; square panelled legs, brackets form gothic arches, carved with alternating berried and scrolling foliage; padded seats upholstered in crimson fabric decorated with large floral medallions.
Provenance
Part of an order of ten stools and twenty-six tapestry seats delivered by Morel & Seddon to Windsor Castle between 4 October 1827 and 7 July 1828 for The Long Gallery (now the Grand Corridor) at Windsor Castle. Ten stools survive in the collection. Nicholas Morel had formerly worked for The Prince of Wales, later George IV, at Carlton House and the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. Subsequently, he was commissioned to design and furnish the newly built apartments designed by Sir Jeffry Wyattville (1766-1840) for the King at Windsor Castle. In order to fulfil the contract he entered into partnership with George Seddon III whose family had large and long established furniture workshops in Aldersgate Street in the City of London. Artists from the architectural drawing school run by Augustus Charles Pugin were employed by Morel & Seddon, to create a pictorial record of the clocks, vases, candelabra and other items from royal residencies for consideration for use in the refurbishment at Windsor Castle. In March 1827 Pugin’s son, the 15-year-old Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, began to take part in this project; he was engaged to 'make drawings of furniture in Carlton Palace... previous to their removal to Windsor Castle'. By June of that year he had moved on and for £1 1s. per day he was engaged to 'design and make working drawings for the gothic furniture of Windsor Castle'.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oak, pollard oak, textile
Measurements
46.0 x 44.0 x 44.0 cm (whole object)
Other number(s)
M&S : Roberts, H., 2001. For the King's Pleasure: George IV's Apartments at Windsor Castle, London – M&S 186M&S : Roberts, H., 2001. For the King's Pleasure: George IV's Apartments at Windsor Castle, London – M&S 187