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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING-TABLE attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING-TABLE attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
Comprising two semi-elliptical end-sections and a central twin-flap gateleg section, with plain frieze edged with geometric banding and on square tapering legs, the underside with paper label Mahogany table from the Family Seat of the Makgill's of Makgill at Kemback House, Fife. I have every reason to believe that the old table was originally purchased by Captain George Makgill of Kemback and Fingask (de jure 7th Baronet of Makgill) about the year 1790. Indeed, though I am depending on my memory for some quarter of a Century, I can remember my father showing me the old account for its purchase among the Kemback documents, I seem to recall that it was purchased somewhere in Lancashire. That it was part of the furniture at Kemback in the early 1870's when my father was a boy is certain, by which time it had been relegated from the Dining Room to the Schoolroom (my father well remembered it being used for lessons!). My father told me that his grandfather George Makgill had replaced the old Dining Room furniture when a large chestnut tree was blown down in the Park, causing a chance of a new set of hideous yellow Dining Room furniture to be made. This set I myself hastened to sell when I came into Kemback. I think ........, repairs to tops of two legs
118in. (300cm.) long, fully extended; 28¼in. (72cm.) high; 34in. (86cm.) deep
Comprising two semi-elliptical end-sections and a central twin-flap gateleg section, with plain frieze edged with geometric banding and on square tapering legs, the underside with paper label Mahogany table from the Family Seat of the Makgill's of Makgill at Kemback House, Fife. I have every reason to believe that the old table was originally purchased by Captain George Makgill of Kemback and Fingask (de jure 7th Baronet of Makgill) about the year 1790. Indeed, though I am depending on my memory for some quarter of a Century, I can remember my father showing me the old account for its purchase among the Kemback documents, I seem to recall that it was purchased somewhere in Lancashire. That it was part of the furniture at Kemback in the early 1870's when my father was a boy is certain, by which time it had been relegated from the Dining Room to the Schoolroom (my father well remembered it being used for lessons!). My father told me that his grandfather George Makgill had replaced the old Dining Room furniture when a large chestnut tree was blown down in the Park, causing a chance of a new set of hideous yellow Dining Room furniture to be made. This set I myself hastened to sell when I came into Kemback. I think ........, repairs to tops of two legs
118in. (300cm.) long, fully extended; 28¼in. (72cm.) high; 34in. (86cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to Captain George Makgill of Kemback and Fingask, circa 1790
Thence by descent to Sir Donald Makgill, by whom sold circa 1954
Bought by the vendor in that year
Thence by descent to Sir Donald Makgill, by whom sold circa 1954
Bought by the vendor in that year