Pair of George III Satinwood Console Tables

Object Description

A Pair of George III Polychrome-Decorated Satinwood Console Tables. In the manner of Seddon, Sons and Shackleton.

Each with a rectangular top with rounded front corners and painted with a border of ribbon-entwined foliate garlands. The panelled apron centred to the front with a neoclassical urn. On square tapering legs.

England, Circa 1800

The painted decoration on shimmering satinwood veneers make these side tables attributable to Messrs. Seddon, Sons and Shackleton of Aldersgate Street.

Object History

Robert William Hudson (1856–1937).
Villa Paloma, Monaco.

Object Literature

Edwin Foley, The Book of Decorative Furniture, Its From, Colour & History, London, 1910, Volume II (the Queen of Spain pianoforte illustrated).
L. Wood, Catalogue of Commodes: Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside, 1994, p. 31.
‘Seddon, Sons & Shackleton’ by Christopher Gilbert, Furniture History Journal, Vol. 33, 1999, p.1-29.

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