CIRCA 1800

細節

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING-TABLE
CIRCA 1800
The rounded rectangular top with reeded edge above a solid frieze, on square end-pedestals with downswept reeded legs with brass caps and castors, with three associated leaves
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 12 ft. 7¼ in. (384 cm.) long; 52¾ in. (134 cm.) wide
Each leaf: 20¼ in. (51 cm.) wide

來源

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 15 November 1996, lot 76.

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Such unusual extending dining-table mechanisms seem to have been a speciality of Thomas and William Wilkinson, who during the early 19th century came to specialise in patent tables (C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, London, 1996, pp. 55, 473). A related table of unusual form with swing-out legs and sofa table-type central support was sold anonymously [formerly in the collection of Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974)], in these Rooms, 22 April 2004, lot 105. The latter table was attributed to B. P. Titter, on account of its similarity to a table labelled 'B. P. Titter ... Norwich'. Another unusual mahogany dining-table formed of joined sofa tables is at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire.