Object Description
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John Pollard Seddon. A Gothic Revival oak armchair, made by his family firm Thomas Seddon (Seddon and Co). Based in Bond Street, they supplied furniture to Windsor castle and Buckingham Palace, founded by his Great Grandfather George Seddon
He exhibited an almost identical armchair on the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co stand at the 1862 International Exhibition, illustrated in JEREMY COOPERS Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors.
Seddon’s also worked with E.W. Godwin, was a friend of the Pre-Raphaelites.
Some of his pupils were Ford Maddox Brown, C.F.A. Voysey and Daniel Gabriel Rossetti.
We also have two pairs of matching dining chairs available.
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