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This is a magnificent antique Victorian solid mahogany wind out dining table which can seat ten diners in comfort and Circa 1870 in date.
This beautiful table is in stunning mahogany and has two leaves of forty five cm each, which can be added or removed as required to suit the occasion by a special winding mechanism.
The moulded edge top and frieze are raised on four elegantly carved turned and fluted legs that terminate in their original elegant brass cap castors.
It is a very impressive table which is sure to contribute to successful dinner parties.
Condition:
In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned and French polished in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 76 x Width 240 x Depth 120 - Fully Extended
Height 76 x Width 150 x Depth 120 - With both leaves removed
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 feet, 6 inches x Width 7 feet, 10 inches x Depth 3 feet, 11 inches - Fully Extended
Height 2 feet, 6 inches x Width 4 feet, 11 inches x Depth 3 feet, 11 inches - With both leaves removed
Our reference: 09373
Please feel free to email or call us (+44 20 8809 9605) to arrange a viewing in our North London warehouse.
Mahogany
is probably one of the largest ‘families’ of hardwood, having many different varieties within its own species.
Mahogany has been used for centuries in shipbuilding, house building, furniture making etc and is the core structure of just about every 19th-century vanity box, dressing case or jewellery box. It became more of a Victorian trend to dress Mahogany with these decorative veneers, such as Rosewood, Kingwood, Burr Walnut and Coromandel, so that the actual Mahogany was almost hidden from view.
Mahogany itself is a rich reddish-brown wood that can range from being plain in appearance to something that is so vibrant, figured and almost three dimensional in effect.
Although Mahogany was most often used in its solid form, it also provided some beautifully figured varieties of veneer like ‘Flame’ Mahogany and ‘Fiddleback’ Mahogany (named after its preferred use in the manufacture of fine musical instruments).
Cuban Mahogany was so sought after, that by the late 1850′s, this particular variety became all but extinct.
Winding Mechanism for extending tables
A man by the name of Samuel Hawkins applied for a patent on a screw expander on June 6th, 1861. Presumably, Mr Hawkins either died or retired because his business was taken over by a young machinist named Joseph Fitter in 1864.
Joseph Fitter operated a machinist shop where he produced winding mechanisms for extending tables as well as screw expanders for piano stools and other applications at 210 Cheapside, Birmingham England by the name of Britannia Works.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 76 x Width 240 x Depth 120 - Fully Extended
Height 76 x Width 150 x Depth 120 - With both leaves removed
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 feet, 6 inches x Width 7 feet, 10 inches x Depth 3 feet, 11 inches - Fully Extended
Height 2 feet, 6 inches x Width 4 feet, 11 inches x Depth 3 feet, 11 inches - With both leaves removed
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