Lot 385
385
A REGENCY BUTLER'S PATENT MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING-TABLE with two rounded rectangular end-sections and four extra leaves of which two are later, the top with reeded edge and on four reeded turned tapering legs with brass caps and castors, the caps stamped W. LEWTY'S PATENT, the mechanism with brass plaque engraved BUTLER'S PATENT NO. 13 & 14 CATHERINE ST STRAND

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A REGENCY BUTLER'S PATENT MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING-TABLE with two rounded rectangular end-sections and four extra leaves of which two are later, the top with reeded edge and on four reeded turned tapering legs with brass caps and castors, the caps stamped W. LEWTY'S PATENT, the mechanism with brass plaque engraved BUTLER'S PATENT NO. 13 & 14 CATHERINE ST STRAND
140in. (357cm.) long, fully extended; 28in. (71cm.) high; 42in. (107cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Thomas Butler established his business as a supplier of patent furniture in 1787, briefly employing Thomas Morgan and Joseph Sanders before they set up their own business in 1801. He closed and re-opened his establishment on two occasions (see: F. Collard, Regency Furniture, Woodbridge, 1985, p. 330 and The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, Leeds, 1986, pp. 137-138).
A larger table of this type was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 10 April 1986, lot 165

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