King René's Honeymoon Cabinet, made 1861
Designed by John Pollard Seddon (1827 -1906)
Made by Thomas Seddon
Panels by Ford Madox Brown (1821-93),
D.G. Rossetti (1828-82) & William Morris (1834-96)
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J.P. Seddon (1827-1906) designed this architect's desk,
including the metalwork and inlay, in 1861 for his own use.
Seddon had the desk made at his father's cabinet-making
firm. He also commissioned ten painted panels depicting the
Fine and Applied Arts from Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co
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Stained Glass, King René's Honeymoon, 1863
The designs for these panels were originally made for
the cabinet above. They depict incidents from the
honeymoon of King René, who was endowed with a love
of fine arts. The stained glass was made by Morris,
Marshall, Faulkner & Co., London, for the house of the
painter Myles Birket Foster at Whitley, Surrey
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2 comments:
So dreamy!
It is! Imagine to own that...I think it would look good in my flat ;O)
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