Lot 368
368
A LATE VICTORIAN OAK EXTENDING DINING TABLE
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A LATE VICTORIAN OAK EXTENDING DINING TABLE

LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, BY CHRISTOPHER PRATT & SONS

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A LATE VICTORIAN OAK EXTENDING DINING TABLE
LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, BY CHRISTOPHER PRATT & SONS
With five later leaves, a bolection moulded frieze and turned stapwork carved legs headed by scrolled capitals, the scrolled central support with paw feet and with brass and porcelain castors, bearing a paper label CHRISTR PRATT & SONS Cabinet Makers & Upholsterers CARPET & BEDDING WAREHOUSEMEN BRADFORD, the mechanism by Joseph Fitter, Birmingham.
29in. (74cm.) high, 60in. (153cm.) wide, 240in. (610cm.) fully extended.
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot is subject to storage and collection charges. **For Furniture and Decorative Objects, storage charges commence 7 days from sale. Please contact department for further details.**

Lot Essay

Christopher Pratt & Sons of Bradford offered a complete house-furnishing service. In their 1901 catalogue they acknowleged that 'modern furniture design consists very largely in the imitation of old styles'. See Jeremy Cooper, Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, London, 1987.

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