Centre table 1828-29
Rosewood, mounted with gilt bronze | RCIN 4633
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Circular table on thick gilt ringed shaft and circular base. Mounted with gilt bronze egg and dart mouldings, laurel garlands and acanthus scrolls on a circular base with Tudor roses, the top cut in order to allow a leaf to enlarge the size of the table. This is perhaps one part of the Council table ordered by George IV from Morel and Seddon to serve in his newly refurbished Library at Windsor Castle, now known as the Green Drawing Room. The other part is perhaps RCIN 6666. The King wanted to make use, on occasion, of that room for his council meetings, until a more appropriate location could be found, and a table was duly supplied. However, it seems that the table was too small and was altered to accommodate more Privy Councillors (H. Roberts, For the King's Pleasure, London, 2001, p. 101, acc. no. 108).
Provenance
Part of the group of furniture and furnishings supplied between 1827 and 1829 to King George IV by the partnership of Morel and Seddon for the The Library (now the Green Drawing Room), Windsor Castle, before January 1829. 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.
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Rosewood, mounted with gilt bronze
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