In the manner of Seddon Sons & Shackleton, the oval top outlined with a broad crossbanding painted with an entwined border filled with paterae, the frieze with drawer fire-gilded handles flanked by painted and inlaid paterae tablets, the ring-turned legs painted to simulate stringing, on fine brass castors.

Depth: 32 ¾ in
Width: 42 ½ in when open
Height: 28 ¾ in

Painted satinwood card tables of this type are often associated with the work of George Seddon, founder of the firm which bore his name and which by the end of the late 18th century had become the largest business of its kind in London. The firm was founded in 1753 – on a two acre site in Aldersgate Street and remained here until 1786. Sophie de la Roche, in 1786, commented that “Seddon, foster-father to 400 emloyees, seemed to be a respectable man of genius, too, with an understanding for the needs of the needy and the luxurious, a man who has become intimate with the quality of the woods from all parts of the earth, with the knowledge of how to colour them or combine their own tints with taste, has appreciated the value of all his own people’s labour and toil and is forever creating new forms”.

The firm of Seddon Sons & Shackleton was formed in 1790 when Thomas Shackelton, a cabinet-maker with premises at 115 Long Acre, married Mary, the eldest daughter of George Seddon.

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