John Pollard Seddon (1827-1906) 

His family had a long career in furniture manufacture. He trained as an architect under T. L. Donaldson. He became a prolific designer of furniture for the family firm and for Gillow's. 

He designed stoneware for C.J.C. Bailey's Fulham Pottery, tiles for Minton, Godwin of Lugwardine and Maw & Co. his metalwork designs were executed by Hart & Sons and G. Smith & Sons, and stained glass by S. Belham & Co. 

 

A Stereoscopic photograph of the 1862 Medieaval Court showing an armchair designed by Seddon in foreground.

Some of his furniture designs featured in the Medieval Court of the 1862 London Exhibition.

Jeremy Cooper, Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, 1987
Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, Nineteenth Century Design, 1993