A GEORGE IV BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION DINING-TABLE

BY CHARLES STEWART

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A GEORGE IV BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION DINING-TABLE
By Charles Stewart
Including two D-end sections and three extra leaves, the rounded rectangular top with reeded edge above a cartouche-panelled frieze, on four removable turned and tapering reeded legs, brass caps and castors, the later castors stamped 'COPE'S PATENT', the mechanism with brass plaque 'Stewart INVENTOR AND Patentee 115 St. Martin's Lane Charing Cross LONDON', also stamped four times 'GR STEWART PATENT' with a crown, restorations to the top, with securing clips to the underside and five folding table pads for protection
57½ in. (70 cm.) high; 45 in. (114 cm.) deep; fully extended 109½ in. (278 cm.) long
Two leaves 21 in. (56 cm.) wide
Third leaf 20¾ in. (52.5 cm.) wide
With only 2 D-ends together 47 in. (119.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 26 January 1984, lot 187.

Lot Essay

Charles Stewart (d. 1827) had premises at 115 St. Martin's Lane until 1820, when he moved to Regent Street. In 1810, he was granted his patent for 'improvements in the construction of dining and other tables' and a similar dining-table is illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 441, fig. 884.

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