Centre table c.1814-30
Boulle work - tortoishell and gilt metal | 72.5 x 100.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 33461
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A pair of drum-shaped red ground boulle tables in premier and contre partie marquetry, covered in leather within a boulle border, fitted with four drawers, supported on splayed triangular column, resting on splayed triangular base with concave sides. Raised on lion's paw feet with castors. Decorated in gilt bronze with masks.
Provenance
Thomas Parker was established at 19 Air Street, Piccadilly from 1808-17 and then at 22 Warwick Street, Golden Square from 1817-27 and finally at 32 Warwick Street until 1830 after which date the firm closed. Thomas Parker specialised in the production of elaborate furniture of brass and tortoiseshell inlay after the style of the French ébéniste André-Charles Boulle. English cabinet makers used this style after the French Revolution then known as 'Buhl'. Parker worked originally for the Prince Regent's sister, Princess Elizabeth, and latterly for the Prince himself. On his trade card he described himself as 'Cabinet & Buhl Manufacturer to HRH the Prince Regent and Royal family'. Delivered to Morel & Seddon 14 May 1827 and to Windsor after restoration on 4 October 1827. 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 Library (now the Green Drawing Room) at Windsor Castle. 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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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Boulle work - tortoishell and gilt metal
Measurements
72.5 x 100.0 cm (whole object)
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