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拍品專文
When Robert Jupe patented his 'Improved Expanding Table' in 1835, he was in partnership with John Johnstone at 67 New Bond Street. The firm was known as Johnstone, Jupe & Co., and this is the stamp or engraved signature that appears on tables made between 1835 and 1840. By 1840 Robert Jupe had left the partnership to establish his own firm in Welbeck Street and his name alone usually appears on later tables with this mechanism. Following Jupe's departure John Johnstone formed a new partnership with Jeanes and their combined stamp appears on a variety of furniture in the early Victorian period.
COMPARABLE 'JUPE' TABLES
A 'Jupe' dining-table, with with eight sections and eight leaves fitted in the form of a union jack was sold anonymously, Christie's, London 21 January 2010, lot 136 (£115,200 with premium). A second dining-table, with baluster support and concave-sided quadripartite platform base and with a single set of leaves was sold anonymously, Bonham's, London 12 February 2002, lot 85 (£130,000 with premium). Another, probably with two sets of leaves was sold anonymously, Gorringes, Bexhill, 4-5 November 2003, lot 1172 (£130,000 with premium). Another with two sets of leaves, was sold anonymously, Bonham's, London, 9 April 2002, lot 124 (£120,000 with premium). A late Victorian oak 'Jupe' table with two sets of leaves was sold anonymously, Sotheby's, London, 22 November 2007, lot 239 (£176,000 with premium). Finally a table stamped by
Johnstone & Jeanes, with two sets of leaves extending to 97 ins, reeded serpentine legs of the same design as the present lot and thus the most closely related of the above, was sold anonymously, Christie's, London 8 June 2006, lot 100 (£321,600 with premium).
PAMELA HARRIMAN
Pamela Harriman the British-born socialite, noted political fundraiser and diplomat was thrice married. Her second marriage between 1960 and 1971 was to the Broadway producer Leland Hayward, whose successes included 'The Sound of Music'. After Hayward's death in 1971 she married Averell Harriman and became a U.S citizen. She became a prominent figure in the Democratic Party and in 1993 President Clinton appointed her United States Ambassador to France. On her death in Paris in 1997 she was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'Honneur, while her body was returned to the United States aboard Air Force One.
COMPARABLE 'JUPE' TABLES
A 'Jupe' dining-table, with with eight sections and eight leaves fitted in the form of a union jack was sold anonymously, Christie's, London 21 January 2010, lot 136 (£115,200 with premium). A second dining-table, with baluster support and concave-sided quadripartite platform base and with a single set of leaves was sold anonymously, Bonham's, London 12 February 2002, lot 85 (£130,000 with premium). Another, probably with two sets of leaves was sold anonymously, Gorringes, Bexhill, 4-5 November 2003, lot 1172 (£130,000 with premium). Another with two sets of leaves, was sold anonymously, Bonham's, London, 9 April 2002, lot 124 (£120,000 with premium). A late Victorian oak 'Jupe' table with two sets of leaves was sold anonymously, Sotheby's, London, 22 November 2007, lot 239 (£176,000 with premium). Finally a table stamped by
Johnstone & Jeanes, with two sets of leaves extending to 97 ins, reeded serpentine legs of the same design as the present lot and thus the most closely related of the above, was sold anonymously, Christie's, London 8 June 2006, lot 100 (£321,600 with premium).
PAMELA HARRIMAN
Pamela Harriman the British-born socialite, noted political fundraiser and diplomat was thrice married. Her second marriage between 1960 and 1971 was to the Broadway producer Leland Hayward, whose successes included 'The Sound of Music'. After Hayward's death in 1971 she married Averell Harriman and became a U.S citizen. She became a prominent figure in the Democratic Party and in 1993 President Clinton appointed her United States Ambassador to France. On her death in Paris in 1997 she was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'Honneur, while her body was returned to the United States aboard Air Force One.