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Tables - George Bullock Furniture

GEORGE BULLOCK (1777 - 1818)

George Bullock was a major and most influential early nineteenth century cabinet maker, and although he only had a short life he had a spectacular career. He was a highly talented individual who gained a reputation firstly as an artist of note and later as a cabinet-maker. He was renowned for the speed that his furniture was produced and the quality achieved, especially in refined and elegant inlay work. These are both tributes to his dynamism and entrepreneurial skills.

Bullock was based in both London and Liverpool. He moved to Liverpool first as his brother, William, was established on Church Street as a museum promoter. It was here that he met William Stoakes for whom he went into business with as a cabinet maker and general furnisher. This was the first time that he started designing and making furniture.

In 1810 his brother moved to London to create his famous museum in the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly. George quickly followed and put the contents of his premises up for sale. Once in London he opened in 1813 'Bullock, George, Upholsterers' on the same site as his brother museum before moving to the Mona Marble Works on Oxford Street with his new partner Charles Fraser. He stayed at these premises until his death in 1818, while aged in his early forties and the artist Benjamin Robin Haydon referred to his turbulent but successful career: "George Bullock was one of those extraordinary beings who receive great good fortune and are never benefited by it, and suffer great evils, and are never ruined, always afloat but never in harbour."

Whilst practicing as an artist, Bullock, sculpted in both marble and wax. The use of marble continued in his furniture designs. He also incorporated gilt metal ornamentation and ebony marquetry within the pieces. Bullock's portfolio included a wide range of exotic woods which, together with his inimitable style, produced a particularly recognizable "signature" to his work. The originality and advanced character of his designs, some in the French style, are amply demonstrated by the fact that G.J. Marant's work in precisely the same style - but produced twenty-five years later - looked equally up to date for the 1840's (see fig 1 & 2). Whilst most of his furniture was Neo-Classical in style, some was Gothic, Elizabethan and Jacobean and he developed these styles far beyond other designers.

In Bullock's short career he under took three major commissions, that of Great Tew Park, Cholmondely Castle and Abbotsford. These plans were to reflect the contemporary change in comfort and convenience that had taken place since the eighteenth century.

A Burr-Ash, Burr-Yew & Marquetry Centre Table Attributed to George Blake & Co	A Charming George III Occasional Table	Regency Period Rosewood Circular Library or Drum Table	A Fine and Rare Georgian Carved Gesso Side Table
A Pair of Georgian Carved Mahogany Card Tables	A Fine and Rare PAIR of Regency Period Rosewood End-Support Tables By Gillows	A Fine George II Burr Walnut Concertina Action Card Table of Superb Colour and Detail	A Georgian Mahogany Silver Table
A George II Period Mahogany Silver Table	A George II Walnut Sidetable	A Fine George III Adam Period Mahogany Side Table	A Fine George III Carved Mahogany Silver Table
A Fine Georgian Chippendale Period Mahogany Silver Table	A Fine George III Mahogany Inlaid Pembroke Table	A Fine George III Mahogany Serpentine Sideboard	A Fine George III Rosewood & Satinwood Pembroke Table
A Fine George III Rosewood and Satinwood Banded Sofa Table	A Georgian Rosewood and Yew Wood Banded Sofa Table	A Fine George III Rosewood Sofa Table	A Georgian Satinwood Side Table
A Fine George III Yew-wood Pembroke Table	A Fine George III Yew-wood Pembroke Table	A Fine Hepplewhite Period Carved Mahogany Side Table	George III Tripod Table
A Pair of George III Satinwood Card Tables	A Fine Pair of George III Sheraton Period Mahogany Card Tables	A Fine Regency Period Chinese Export Nest of Tables	Regency Period Library Table
A Fine Regency Period Rosewood Etagere	A Fine Regency Period Rosewood Side Table	A Fine Regency Period Rosewood Side Table	Regency Games Table Open
A George I Burr Walnut Card Table of Rare Small Size	A George I Burr Walnut Side Table	A George I Carved Giltwood Side Table	A George II Carved Mahogany Side Table
Georgian Mahogany Silver Table	A Georgian Mahogany Sidetable	A George III Burr-Yew-wood Sofa Table	A George III Carved Mahogany "Piecrust" Table
A George III Carved Mahogany 'Chinese' Chippendale Silver Table	A Georgian Carved Mahogany 'Piecrust' Table	A George III Carved Mahogany Centre Table	A Georgian Chippendale Period 'Piecrust' Tripod Table
A George III Carved Mahogany Side Table	A George III Carved Mahogany Side-table	A George III Carved Mahogany Tea Table	A Georgian Carved Mahogany Tripod Table
A George III Carved Mahogany Tripod Table	A George III Carved Mahogany Urn Stand	A George III Centre Pedestal Occasional Table	A George III Chippendale Period Carved Mahogany Dumbwaiter
A George III Chippendale Period Carved Mahogany Serpentine Fronted Side Table	A George III Chippendale Period Dressing Table	A George III Four Tier Satinwood Etagere	A George III Inlaid Semi-Elliptical Side-Table
A George III Mahogany Breakfront Sideboard	A George III Mahogany Silver Table	A Georgian Mahogany Tripod Table	A George III Mahogany Tripod Table
A George III Marble-Topped Carved Mahogany Side-Table in the Manner of Thomas Chippendale	A George III Parquetry Pembroke Table	The Top of a George III Pembroke Table Attributed to Henry Kettle	A George III Regency Period Drinking Table
A George III Rosewood Drum Table	A George III Satinwood "Harlequin" Pembroke Table in the Manner of Henry Kettle	A George III Satinwood Drum Table	A George III Satinwood Semi-Elliptical Sidetable
A George III Serpentine Fronted Mahogany Sideboard in the Manner of Shearer	A George III Serpentine Mahogany Serving Table	A Sheraton Period Side Table	A George III Tripod Piecrust Table
A George III Tulipwood and Marquetry Pembroke Table	A George III Mahogany Oval Occasional Table	George III Oval Library Table	A Highly Unusual George I Oak Side Table
A Highly Unusual George III Occasional Table	A Large Regency Sideboard	A Late Eighteenth Century What-not Attributed to Gillow	A Late Nineteenth Century French Occasional Table
A Late Nineteenth Century French Occasional Table	A Most Unusual George III Carved Mahogany Whatnot	A Nineteenth Century Coromandel and Ebony Occasional Table	A Nineteenth Century Etagere
A Nineteenth Century Étagère by Gillows	A Nineteenth Century Etagere of Most Unusual Form and Fine Quality	A Nineteenth Century Kingwood Etagere	A Nineteenth Century Lacquer Trolley
A Nineteenth Century Rosewood Etagere	A Nineteenth Century Three Tier Etagere	A Pair of Adam Period Carved Giltwood Side Tables	A Pair of Charles X Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Occasional Tables
A Pair of Chippendale Period Mahogany Concertina Action Card Tables	A Pair of Chippendale Period Mahogany Concertina Action Card Tables	A Pair of Early Nineteenth Century Burr Elm Etageres	A Pair of Early Nineteenth Century Burr Elm Etageres
A Pair of Early Nineteenth Century Rosewood Etageres.	A Pair of George III Adam Period Rosewood Semi-Elliptical Console Tables	A Pair of George III Mahogany Bedside Cupboards	A Pair of George III Mahogany Bedside Cupboards
A Pair of George III Regency Period Mahogany Occasional Tables	A Pair of George III Regency Period Rosewood Occasional Tables	A Pair of Georgian Sheraton Period Bedside Cupboards	A Pair of George III Tripod Tables
George III Satinwood Card Tables	A Pair of Late Nineteenth Century Étagères	A Pair of Late Regency Period Console Tables	A Pair of Late Regency Period Console Tables
A Pair of Marquetry Etageres	A Pair of Nineteenth Century Inlaid Etageres	A Pair of Nineteenth Century Marquetry Inlaid Etageres	A Pair of Nineteenth Century Regency Penwork Tables
A Pair of Nineteenth Century Satinwood Etageres	A Pair of Queen Anne Carved Gesso Side Tables	A Pair of Regency Corner Shelves	A Pair of Regency Period Amboyna & Brass Mounted Etageres with Simulated Marble Tops
A Pair of Regency Period Amboyna Occasional Tables	A Pair of Regency Period Card Tables	A Pair of Regency Period Mahogany Occasional Tables	A Pair of Regency Period Mahogany Occasional Tables
A Pair of Regency Period Occasional Tables	A Pair of Regency Period Rosewood & Ormolu Consoles	A Pair of Regency Period Rosewood Console Tables	A Pair of Regency Period Side Tables
Pair of Sheraton Side Tables	A Particularly Rare Painted Tole Table	A Queen Anne Walnut and Burr-Walnut Concertina-Action Card-Table	Queen Anne Walnut Card Table
A Rare Anglo-Indian Polychrome Decorated Drum Table	A Rare George II Figured Walnut Card Table	A Rare George III Mahogany Side Table	A Rare George III Mahogany Urn Stand.
A Rare George III Two-Tier Dumbwaiter	A Rare Pair of George III Breakfast or Pembroke Tables	A Pair of Bamboo End Tables	A Rare Regency Period Rosewood & Yew-wood Drum Table
A Rare Set of Painted and Gilt Corner Shelves	A Regency Chinoiserie Occasional Table	A Regency Circular Burr-Elm Occasional Table	Regency Circular Occasional Table
A Regency Period Pollard Oak Crocus Table Open	Regency Nest of Tables	A Regency Period Amboyna and Brass Inlaid Sewing Table	A Regency Period Amboyna Centre Table
A Regency Period Circular Centre Table Attributed to George Bullock	A Regency Period Hunt or Drinking Table	A Regency Period Mahogany & Ebony Draw-Leaf Sofa Table	A Regency Period Mahogany Dumb Waiter
A Regency Period Mahogany Plate Stand	A Regency Period Mahogany Serving Table	A Regency Period Mahogany Sideboard Table Attributed to John Bellerby	A Regency Period Mahogany Whatnot
A Regency Period Nest of Four Sabicu Tables	A Regency Period Ormolu Mounted & Brass Inlaid Rosewood Sofa Table	A Regency Period Oval Centre Table	A Regency Period Rosewood Etagere
A Regency Period Rosewood Sofa Table	A Regency Period Walnut Étagère	A Regency Yew-Wood Banded Rosewood Sofa-Games Table	A Rosewood two-tiered Étagère
An Adam Period Mahogany & Decorated Side Table	Regency Period Burr Elm Etageres	A Superb Pembroke Table by Henry Hill	A Regency Games Table
A Superb Yew Wood Nest of Tables	George II Walnut Furniture	A Willem IV of Orange Walnut Lowboy	Adam Period Inlaid Satinwood & Giltwood Side Table
An Early George III Chippendale Period Carved Mahogany Lowboy	An Early George III Chippendale Period Carved Mahogany Side Table	Early Nineteenth Century Etagere	An Early Regency Oval Mahogany Occasional Table
An Early Regency Oval Mahogany Occasional Table	An Empire period Mahogany Circular Centre Table.	An Exceptional Carved Mahogany Side Table by William Vile	An Exceptional Eighteenth Century Dutch Centre Table
An Exceptional George I Burr Walnut Card Table.	An Exceptional George II Walnut Card Table	An Exceptional Hepplewhite Period Urn Stand	An Exceptional Yew-wood & Brass Etagere
An Exceptionally Rare George III Mahogany and Sabicu Tripod Table	An Exceptionally Rare George III Tulipwood Table	An Important George III Chippendale Period Carved Mahogany Pie Crust Table	An Important George III Inlaid Mahogany Serpentine Sideboard Table Attributed to Thomas Chippendale
An Important Pair of George III Adam Period Console Tables	An Outstanding & Extremely Rare George I Burr Walnut Side Table	An Outstanding Early 19th Century French Rosewood Etagere	An Outstanding Early 19th Century French Rosewood Etagere
A George III Inlaid Satinwood Sidetable	A Georgian Tripod Table	An Unusual George III Period Carved Mahogany Tripod Table	An Unusual Pair of Regency Period Bedside Cupboards
An Unusual Regency Period Mahogany Etagere	An Unusual Thuya Wood Sideboard	The Beningbrough Hall Gesso Tables by James Moore