A LATE REGENCY MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING TABLE

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TWO DINING TABLES BY GILLOWS (Lots 1200-1201) These Grecian dining-tables are likely to have been supplied in the 1820's to Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Earl and later 1st Marquess of Westminster, for Eaton Hall. Contrasting with Porden's (d.1822) Gothic interiors, with leaves of superbly figured mahogany with vertically- veneered frieze they are typical of the work of Messrs. Gillow of London and Lancaster, such as the table they supplied to Stephen Tempest for Broughton Hall, Yorkshire in 1813 (M. Jourdain, 'Late Georgian Dining-Tables', Country Life, 1951, p. 1459). However, this pattern of sturdy table-leg enriched in the Grecian manner with bands of well-spaced reeds enjoyed enduring popularity and corresponds to those on a table supplied by Gillows to George, 4th Baron Vernon for Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire as late as 1831 (Gillow MSS, Sketch book no. 5179, Westminster Library). A closely related table was supplied under the direction of the architect Sir Robert Smirke to the 2nd Marquess of Bute, either for Cardiff Castle circa 1818 or Luton Park between 1825-30 (sold from the Bute Collection, Christie's London, 3 July 1996, lot 43).

A LATE REGENCY MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING TABLE

CIRCA 1820-30, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A LATE REGENCY MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING TABLE
CIRCA 1820-30, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS
The rounded top with a reeded edge and five additional leaves, on turned tapering and reeded legs with brass capped castors, the leaf catches stamped 'J.T. HOPKINSON PATENTEE'
28 in. (71 cm.) high; 198 in. (503 cm.) long extended; 63 in. (160 cm.) wide

Literature

Illustrated in situ in the Dining Room, 'Eaton Hall, Cheshire', Country life, XLVII, 1920 (either lot 1200 or 1201).

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Lot Essay

These Grecian dining-tables are likely to have been supplied in the 1820's to Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Earl and later 1st Marquess of Westminster, for Eaton Hall. Contrasting with Porden's (d.1822) Gothic interiors, with leaves of superbly figured mahogany with vertically- veneered frieze they are typical of the work of Messrs. Gillow of London and Lancaster, such as the table they supplied to Stephen Tempest for Broughton Hall, Yorkshire in 1813 (M. Jourdain, 'Late Georgian Dining-Tables', Country Life, 1951, p. 1459). However, this pattern of sturdy table-leg enriched in the Grecian manner with bands of well-spaced reeds enjoyed enduring popularity and corresponds to those on a table supplied by Gillows to George, 4th Baron Vernon for Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire as late as 1831 (Gillow MSS, Sketch book no. 5179, Westminster Library).

A closely related table was supplied under the direction of the architect Sir Robert Smirke to the 2nd Marquess of Bute, either for Cardiff Castle circa 1818 or Luton Park between 1825-30 (sold from the Bute Collection, Christie's London, 3 July 1996, lot 43).

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