A Royal pair of George IV gilt-lacquered-bronze and parcel-gilt rosewood bedside cupboards , supplied to George IV for Windsor Castle by Morel & Seddon in 1828

Restricted SpeciesUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

July 6, 02:09 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

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The Property of a Lady of Title

A Royal pair of George IV gilt-lacquered-bronze and parcel-gilt rosewood bedside cupboards

supplied to George IV for Windsor Castle by Morel & Seddon in 1828

each with a later variegated white marble square top above a conforming apron with molded edge over a tambour shutter above two panelled drawers with crimson velvet steps, the back with hinged door, the molded base with acanthus edge, on recessed casters, each branded WINDSOR CASTLE/ROOM: 255 beneath a VR 1866 [crowned], one with cotton label printed R.259 and cotton label stenciled 255, each with printed cotton label WINDSOR CASTLE/Room 255/No. 38/1866 and each with black inventory number 11256 obliterated, one previously with a wooden top

86 cm. high, 53 cm. square; 33¾ in., 21 in.

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Supplied to George IV for Room 233 at Windsor Castle, 2 July 1828;
Remaining at Windsor Castle until at least 1866, and variously located in the Long Gallery, and room 255 according to the 1866 inventory;
Anonymous sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 19 February 1966, lot 163;
The Doris Duke Collection, Christie's New York, 5 June 2004, lot 682.

H. Roberts, For the King's Pleasure, Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd., London, 2001, p.327, fig.411.