Apter-Fredericks

Important 18th & 19th Century Antique Furniture

Sheraton

A George III Sheraton Period Oval Tray
A Regency Period Ormolu Mounted & Brass Inlaid Rosewood Sofa Table
A Regency Period Amboyna and Brass Inlaid Sewing Table
A Rare Pair of George III Sheraton Period Satinwood Pole Screens

THOMAS SHERATON

Born in 1751 in Durham, Sheraton moved to London around 1790. A religious man, he published several religious tracts before being ordained as a baptist minister in 1800. Much of English furniture made between 1790 and 1800 followed Sheraton's lighter more feminine style that made use of more exotic woods, such as Satinwood, Rosewood and Tulipwood whilst incorporating painted motifs. He was the author of three pattern books of which the Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, published in fortnightly editions, was the most important.

A Rare Pair of George III Sheraton Period Satinwood Pole Screens

A Rare Pair of George III Sheraton Period Satinwood Pole Screens

Height: 56" 143cm

Having an oval panel, which may be raised or lowered on the pole, crossbanded with tulipwood and centred by an embroidered figure. Below, the column has an urn decorated with painted acanthus leaves above a platform supported on three splayed legs united by a platform stretcher and terminating in peg feet.

English, Circa 1790

The design of these pole screens is comparable with designs by Gillow which are illustrated in Gillow Furniture Designs by Leslie Boynton. Fig 223 & 225.