AN IRISH REGENCY MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING-TABLE

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AN IRISH REGENCY MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING-TABLE
BY GILLINGTONS

The rounded rectangular top with reeded edge with two extra leaves above two rectangular supports with turned gadrooned legs and on brass castors, restorations and replacements to underframe, stamped GILLINGTONS 4198
111½in. (283cm.) long, fully extended; 29in. (73.5cm.) high; 53in. (134.5cm.) deep

拍品專文

The Dublin brothers George and Samuel Gillington are recorded at various addresses and in various partnerships from 1815 to 1838. Their warehouses were mostly in Abbey Street and this inevitably led to confusion with the other well known firm of Mack and Gibton, who also traded from there. George Gillington's trade card begged it to be observed that his house is in the NARROW PART of Abbey Str. (see: D. Fitzgerald, 'Dublin Directories and Trade Labels', Furniture History, 1985, p. 266).
The four figure number stamp is characteristic and it is usually accompanied by their name in full