ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM WILKINSON, CIRCA 1815

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND INLAID EXTENDING DINING TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM WILKINSON, CIRCA 1815
In two parts with simple drop-leaf D-shaped end and double drop-leaf Cumberland-action section, each with a reeded edge, the end section with ebony strung frieze, both on ring-turned legs, brass cappings and castors, repair to hinge flap of one leaf possibly originally part of a larger table, both sections with one detachable drop-leaf with locking catch
56 in. (142 cm.) deep; 111 in. (289 cm.) extended; each leaf and top 22¾ in. (60.5 cm.)

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拍品專文

The unsusual 'part gateleg' action of this table, with one frieze, can confidently be attributed to William Wilkinson of Ludgate Hill. Wilkinson and his cousin Thomas worked from 9 and 10 Broker's Row, Moorfields (1790-1808), specialising in patent tables. In 1807 they advertised dining-tables for which 'a space considerable smaller than is necessary for the standing of any other dining table now in use' was sufficient. Several dining-tables by Wilkinson have been recorded, some with engraved brass tablets and some stamped, including a table of this same pattern sold anonymously at Sotheby's London, 22 April 1994, lot 133 (£11,500 plus premium) (C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, London, 1996, p. 55, 471-481, figs. 957-986). A further closely related example, formerly at Ashcombe, Dorset, was sold by David Parkes, Esq. at Woolley & Wallis, 13 January 2004, lot 227 (£8,800).

Prior to this, Richard Gillow had taken out a patent in 1800 for an extending table, known as the 'Patent Imperial dining-table' and the same reeded edge and plain frieze can be seen on the 'Set of mahogany Imperial dining tables on stout twined reeded legs and brass socket castors' supplied by Gillow's for Broughton Hall, Yorkshire in 1813 (M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture 1795-1830, London, rev.ed., 1965, p. 64-65, fig. 130).