A PAIR OF GEORGE IV BIRCH ETAGERES

Patterns for related mobile 'whatnot' shelves featured in the 1830s catalogue of the Moorfields cabinet-makers Messrs William Smee and Sons. Similarly patterned pillars feature on an example, with additional music canterbury drawer, that bears the label adopted in the late 1830s by Messrs T. & G. Seddon of Grays Inn Road, sold Christie's London, 30 November 2000, lot 66, while a closely related three tier étagère was sold Sotheby's, New York, 14/15 April 2000, lot 279.