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A MAHOGANY PATENT EXTENDING DINING TABLE
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A MAHOGANY PATENT EXTENDING DINING TABLE

BY THOMAS BUTLER, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A MAHOGANY PATENT EXTENDING DINING TABLE
BY THOMAS BUTLER, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With a reeded top and two additional leaves, on a turned pedestal and reeded sabre legs with brass-capped castors, bearing a brass label 'BUTLER'S PATENT NO.13&14 CATHERINE STREET STRAND LONDON', with later elements, two legs spliced
27in. (69cm.) high, 111in. (281cm.) extended, 41½in. (105cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

Thomas Butler specialised in the production of patent furniture, notably extending dining tables and bedsteads. He traded from 1802-14 at 13 and 14 Catherine Street in close proximity to his geat rivals Morgan and Sanders. See The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Furniture History Society, Leeds, 1986.

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