Gothic Revival Chairs For more items from the above movements see Godwin Exhibition pages GO 9
A rare pair of Gothic Revival dining chairs by J.G.Crace probably designed for Abney Hall (last image see Jeremy Coopers Victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors, page 53 Illustration 114). The head rails with solid Ebony carved florets the outer ones differing to the central one & double chamfered details which are used at all the back rest joints & at every corner below the seats with a double detail to the ends beneath each side seat rail & to the squares at the lower front legs a particular detail that has an attractive & functional purpose with wonderfully chamfered birds beak end details that stop & start on the classic H stretcher where they meet leaving a slightly chunkier part of the oak again for better strength of the joints & continuing to the back legs where they meet with a superb kick out detail. Retaining their original finish. Circa 1857. £SOLD.

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GO 10 An oak Gothic Revival armchair designed by John Pollard Seddon & made by his family firm Thomas Seddon (Seddon & Co) who were in Bond Street & supplied furniture to Windsor castle & Buckingham Palace, founded by his Great Grandfather George Seddon. He exhibited an almost identicle armchair on the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co stand at the 1862 International Exhibition, illustrated in JEREMY COOPERS victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors, page 104 illustration 220 (the original drawing) & 227 (a variation of this chair) & another version is also illustrated in Nineteenth Century Design by Charlotte Gere & Michael Whiteway, page 84 illustration pl 83 (last 2 images). Circa 1860's. £POA. Seddon's partner at one point was E.W.Godwin a friend of the Pre-Raphaelites & some of his pupils were Ford Maddox Brown, C.F.A.Voysey & Daniel Gabriel Rossetti. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 11
A top quality set of 6 Gothic Revival oak dining chairs designed by Bruce Tabert & probably made by Gillows of Lancaster with tramline details to the headrest flanked by crisply carved stylised florets & conforming tramline details throughout & turned legs with conforming turned uprights to the arms of the armchairs. Circa 1870's. £POA.

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GO 12
A top quality set of 6 Gothic Revival oak dining chairs designed by Charles Bevan & made by Gillows of Lancaster with protruding shaped strip to the head rail & canted corners & dot detailing beneath, the central vertical upright with central circular disc & angular cross member with conforming dot detailing to the lower edges with through tennons to the ends & raised buttons to the fronts & another central raised button above the central V & further dot detailing to the lower seat sides with wonderful stylised turned & angular legs. Circa 1870's. £POA.
All these chairs have been gently knocked apart, joints cleaned, glued reassembled, clamped & refinshed in our workshops.

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GO 13
A Gothic Revival chair designed by Bruce Talbert carved finials & stylised carved floral detail to the head rail flanked by carved rosettes & through pegged construction to the upper sides & superb a padded back & further carved details below to each lower corner with wonderful cloud shaped undertiers with circular through details & carved supports to the upper front legs with conforming circular through details & very stylish brass & ceramic castors with a superb kick out detail to the rear legs. Last 2 images of a very similar chair in Jeremy Coopers Victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors Page 111 & page 85. Probably designed before Talbert published his book Gothic Forms applied to Furniture, Metalwork & Decoration For Domestic Purposes which was published in 1868. £POA.

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GO 14 A pair of oak Gothic Revival chairs designed by John Pollard Seddon & made by his family firm Thomas Seddon (Seddon & Co) who were in Bond Street & supplied furniture to Windsor castle & Buckingham Palace, founded by his Great Grandfather George Seddon. He exhibited an almost identicle armchair on the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co stand at the 1862 International Exhibition, illustrated in JEREMY COOPERS victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors, page 104 illustration 220 (the original drawing) & 227 (a variation of this chair) & another version is also illustrated in Nineteenth Century Design by Charlotte Gere & Michael Whiteway, page 84 illustration pl 83 (last 2 images). Circa 1860's. £POA. Seddon's partner at one point was E.W.Godwin a friend of the Pre-Raphaelites & some of his pupils were Ford Maddox Brown, C.F.A.Voysey & Daniel Gabriel Rossetti. These Seddon dining chairs & the pair below are 2 identical pairs (2 x 2), everything from the seat down is identical, the stretchers are all the same on all 4 chairs & they are all at exactly the same heights & the seats are at the same height too, the heights of the very tops of all the 4 chairs are also exactly the same the only real difference are the little carved flowers to the tops on each side, on one pair they are slightly bigger flowers but apart from that they are the same, if one was to match the finish & colour & upholster them all the same they would make a beautiful set of 4 & although they are 2 pairs made at different times but all made by the same company they are incredibly alike & as we know in the 1850's precision furniture making by a company with such pedigree & such importance attached to them they would have made them the same throughout & coupled with the fact that they are extremely rare chairs means it's a real bonus to actually find 4. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 15 Another almost identicle pair of oak Gothic Revival chairs designed by John Pollard Seddon & made by his family firm Thomas Seddon (Seddon & Co) who were in Bond Street & supplied furniture to Windsor castle & Buckingham Palace, founded by his Great Grandfather George Seddon. He exhibited an almost identicle armchair on the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co stand at the 1862 International Exhibition, illustrated in JEREMY COOPERS victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors, page 104 illustration 220 (the original drawing) & 227 (a variation of this chair) & another version is also illustrated in Nineteenth Century Design by Charlotte Gere & Michael Whiteway, page 84 illustration pl 83. Circa 1860's. £POA. Seddon's partner at one point was E.W.Godwin a friend of the Pre-Raphaelites & some of his pupils were Ford Maddox Brown, C.F.A.Voysey & Daniel Gabriel Rossetti. These Seddon dining chairs & the pair above are 2 identical pairs (2 x 2), everything from the seat down is identical, the stretchers are all the same on all 4 chairs & they are all at exactly the same heights & the seats are at the same height too, the heights of the very tops of all the 4 chairs are also exactly the same the only real difference are the little carved flowers to the tops on each side, on one pair they are slightly bigger flowers but apart from that they are the same, if one was to match the finish & colour & upholster them all the same they would make a beautiful set of 4 & although they are 2 pairs made at different times but all made by the same company they are incredibly alike & as we know in the 1850's precision furniture making by a company with such pedigree & such importance attached to them they would have made them the same throughout & coupled with the fact that they are extremely rare chairs means it's a real bonus to actually find 4. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 16 A rare Gothic Revival chair designed by John Pollard Seddon & made by Gillows of Lancaster, with pyrimid tops & arched & turned back with inlaid dot decoration & through pegged construction, turned stretchers & front legs with brass & ceramic castors & wonderful kick out back legs . Circa 1870. £POA. This chair shows many design details to the chair he designed for the 1862 International Exhibition especially (in the above 5 chairs) & the only other furniture company he is known to have designed for is Gillows. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 17 A fantastic Gothic Revival Oak 8 piece suite attributed to J.P.Seddon with an almost identical head rail to Seddon's famous armchair exhibited in 1862 International Exhibition on the Morris Marshal & Faulkner stand. The dining chairs have subtle floral carving to the head rails, Seddon's typical 5 dot detailing throughout the 8 pieces highlighted with ebonising & conforming ebonised lines enhancing the character of this wonderful suite, with turned supports below the arms on the settee & fireside armchair alone & only to the lower back rests on the dining chairs & dining armchair, the turned front legs all with original copes castors & the extraordinary rake to all the back legs giving this suite a truly distinctive style which stands out so well. The suite consists of a large 3 seater settee, large fireside armchair, 1 dining armchair & 5 single dining armchairs, so very rare to find an 8 piece suite of this quality & once professionally re-upholstered in matching fabric will look exceptionally stunning. Seddon's work is known to be particularly made in oak with ebonised columns or subtle ebonised detailings. Circa 1885. £POA. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 18 A rare Gothic Revival window seat designed by Charles Bevan, these style of window seat is very rare indeed especially that it is decorated to both sides & specifically designed not to hide the decorative details of the window. Measurements. Width 55", Depth 19", Height 25". Circa 1880. £POA.

GO 19 A Single Gothic/Moorish style chair with carved arched & bobbin details to the back, turned front legs united by 4 stretchers. Circa 1890. £595. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 20 A superb set of 10 excellent quality Gothic Revival Oak dining chairs attributed to Alfred Waterhouse all with paper label's reading :- made by E & J Jones, cabinet makers Oswestry. Number 7583. C1880. Wonderful carved floral detail to the curved head rest with crisp elongated finials to the top's, tramline detail's to the back supports & a turned gallery below the seat a typical detail of Alfred Waterhouse, turned front legs all on original brass & ceramic castor's, which can be seen clearly in the 2 pictures. Circa 1880. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 21 A stunning Gothic/Aesthetic swivel desk chair with stylised carved floral details throughout & reupholstered in a quality leather. Circa 1880. £POA. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 22 A top quality Gothic revival oak bench with custom made cushion attributed to B.Talbert probably made by Gillows. Height 33 1/4", Length 8' 4", Depth 19". £POA. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 23 A top quality Gothic Revival armchair in mint original condition, well thought out & designed with ergonomics & styling the main ingredients bought together in this very stylish armchair, I've had it proffesionally re-upholstered in a nice deep green leather. Circa 1880. £POA.

GO 24 An oak Gothic Revival metamorphic library chair design attributed to Bruce Talbert & probably made by Gillows with carved rosette to the domed top & incised floral detail with turnings below & further rosette below those & turned front legs. Circa 1880's .£SOLD. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 25 An oak Gothic Revival chair design attributed to Alfred Waterhouse & probably made by Marsh Jones & Cribb with carved rosette to the domed top & further stylised carving with ebonised incised details & further carved rosete's on each facet to the front legs & cupped handle to the back. Circa 1860's .£795. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 26 A Gothic Revival oak chair designed by R.W.Edis & made by Jackson & Graham with turned detailing & tramline details to the back splats & sweeping side supports with original rush seat in wonderful condition. A chair of the same design was exhibited at The Health Exhibition in 1884 & in the Building News of the same year, it is illustratrated in British Furniture 1880-1915 by Pauline Agius page 79 plate 91 & is also shown in Victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors by Jeremy Cooper page 152 Illustration 392 . It is in beautiful original outstanding condition, the best I've ever seen. Circa 1880's .£895. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 27 Attributed to John Pollard Seddon & probably made by C.Seddon in collaboration with Kenton & Co (see Victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors by Jeremy Cooper page 88 for matching sideboard) A well designed architectual oak Gothic Revival upholstered chair of superior quality with ebonised circular decoration throughout & Stylised floral details to the front are identicle to the sideboard & the half circular supports on the chair with ebonised dots are also the same in principle as where the sideboard mirror back meets the work surface area in each corner of the sideboard. The sideboard illustrated in J.Coopers book has many identicle features to this chair. There is a matching Buffet in image 2 (now sold) which has almost the same castelated detail to the top as the top of the sideboard. Circa 1865. £1295. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 28 A nice pair of Aesthetic movement dining/side chairs attributed to Jas Shoolbred with drop in rush seats. Circa 1880's. £POA. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 29 Wonderful pair of strong Gothic Revival hall chairs with period tiles depicting medieval farm workers, tiles almost certainly designed by Moyer Smith. Circa 1880. Priced at £595 each. Click on pictures for larger version

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GO 30 Excellent Quality Oak gothic revival hall chair with a Moyer Smith tile depicting Ivanhoe. Circa 1880. £SOLD. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 31 A top quality pair of dining chairs designed by Bruce Talbert almost certainly made by Gillows. Circa 1880's. £495 the pair. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 32 A set of 4 Gothic Revival dining chairs in the manner of E W Godwin with carved & turned details & distressed leather backs & seats with large brass studs, which 2 would need attention to the leather. Circa 1880. £595. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 33 A pair of good quality Gothic revival dining chairs with elongated turnings to the back & recent upholstery. Circa 1885. £295 the pair. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 34 A pair of superb quality stunning Gothic Revival 1/4 sawn oak chairs with castlated tops & subtle carved hearts & 3 shaped slats the square legs with knopped details just below the seats & above the feet united by fantastic angled strtchers. Circa 1890. £POA. Click on pictures for larger version

GO 35 Oak Gothic revival chair.Under research. Click on pictures for larger version

GO - An excellent quality Oak hall/side chair designed by Charles Bevan & made by Marsh Jones & Cribb of Leeds. Circa 1865. £SOLD. Click on pictures for larger version

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