Lot 230
230
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TWO-PEDESTAL CUMBERLAND-ACTION DINING-TABLE with two D-shaped end-sections, hinged flaps and two further leaves, the moulded rounded rectangular top on turned and ring-turned column supports joined by a channelled stretcher and on downswept legs with brass caps and castors, restorations to underframe, the D-shaped end-sections with plugged holes

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TWO-PEDESTAL CUMBERLAND-ACTION DINING-TABLE with two D-shaped end-sections, hinged flaps and two further leaves, the moulded rounded rectangular top on turned and ring-turned column supports joined by a channelled stretcher and on downswept legs with brass caps and castors, restorations to underframe, the D-shaped end-sections with plugged holes
114in. (290cm.) long, overall; 28½in. (72cm.) high; 46in. (117cm.) wide
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By tradition the first Cumberland-action dining-table was made for Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, 4th son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and brother of George III. He was a patron of John Linnell in the mid-1770s so it is possible that he was the first recipient of a sophisticated design which is a development of the double gateleg table, adapted so that the legs spread the weight without obstructing people sitting at it

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