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Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table 20th Century

Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
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  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
  • Vintage Harrods Biedermeier Satin Birch Dining Table  20th Century | Ref. no. a3256 | Regent Antiques
Ref: a3256
Price: £4,850.00
This is a fabulous high quality satin birch twin pillar oval dining table purchased at great expense from Harrods,...

This is a fabulous high quality satin birch twin pillar oval dining table purchased at great expense from Harrods, Knightsbridge, London in the 1980s.


The oval top with inlaid circular satinwood and ebonised shell marquetry decoration at each end, with two additional leaves, that can be added or removed a required to suit the occasion, it can comfortably seat twelve people.


It is raised on a pair of incurved triform bases with scroll supports on ball feet.


There is no mistaking the fine craftsmanship of this handsome dining table which is certain to become a treasured addition to your furniture collection, and a talking point with guests at meal times.
 

Condition:

In really excellent condition having only been beautifully cleaned and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.


Dimensions in cm:

Height 75 x Width 317 x Depth 122 - Fully Extended

Height 75 x Width 204 x Depth 122 - With both leaves removed

Dimensions in inches:

Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 10 foot, 5 inches x Depth 4 foot - Fully Extended

Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 6 foot, 8 inches x Depth 4 foot - With both leaves removed

Our reference: a3256

Please feel free to email or call us (+44 20 8809 9605) to arrange a viewing in our North London warehouse.

Harrods

founder Charles Henry Harrod first established his business in 1824, aged 25. The business was located south of the River Thames in Southwark. The premises were located at 228 Borough High Street.

He ran this business, variously listed as a draper, mercer and a haberdasher, certainly until 1831. During 1825 the business was listed as 'Harrod and Wicking, Linen Drapers, Retail', but this partnership was dissolved at the end of that year. His first grocery business appears to be as ‘Harrod & Co.Grocers’ at 163 Upper Whitecross Street, Clerkenwell, E.C.1., in 1832. In 1834 in London's East End, he established a wholesale grocery in Stepney, at 4, Cable Street, with a special interest in tea.

In 1849, to escape the vice of the inner city and to capitalise on trade to the Great Exhibition of 1851 in nearby Hyde Park, Harrod took over a small shop in the district of Brompton, on the site of the current store. Beginning in a single room employing two assistants and a messenger boy, Harrod's son Charles Digby Harrod built the business into a thriving retail operation selling medicines, perfumes, stationery, fruit and vegetables. Harrods rapidly expanded, acquired the adjoining buildings, and employed one hundred people by 1880.

However, the store's booming fortunes were reversed in early December 1883, when it burnt to the ground. Remarkably, in view of this calamity, Charles Harrod fulfilled all of his commitments to his customers to make Christmas deliveries that year—and made a record profit in the process. In short order, a new building was built on the same site, and soon Harrods extended credit for the first time to its best customers, among them Oscar Wilde,Lillie LangtryEllen TerryCharlie ChaplinNoël CowardGertrude LawrenceLaurence Olivier and Vivien LeighSigmund FreudA. A. Milne, and many members of the British Royal Family

On Wednesday, 16 November 1898, Harrods debuted England's first "moving staircase" (escalator) in their Brompton Road stores; the device was actually a woven leather conveyor belt-like unit with a "silver plate-glass" balustrade. Nervous customers were offered brandy at the top to revive them after their 'ordeal'. The department store was purchased by the Fayed brothers in 1985.
In 2010 Harrods was sold to Qutar Holdings. 

Harrods was the holder of royal warrants from 1910 till 2000 from the following:

* Queen Elizabeth II (Provisions and Household Goods)
* The Duke of Edinburgh (Outfitters)
* The Prince of Wales (Outfitters and Saddlers)
* The late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (China and Glass)

The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m2) of selling space in over 330 departments making it the biggest department store in Europe.

The UK's second-biggest shop, Selfridges, Oxford Street, is a little over half the size with 540,000 square feet (50,000 m2) of selling space, while the third largest, Allders of Croydon had 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2) of retail space.

By comparison Europe's second-largest department store the KaDeWe in Berlin has a retail space of 650,000 square feet (60,000 m2).


Satin birch

is a fine grained and light coloured hardwood often used in Victorian pieces of antique furniture. When Victorian cabinet makers used to cut birch on an angle this made a very unusual grain and this grain was known as tiger or zebra stripes, this is how satin birch got it’s name.
 



Dimensions in cm:

Height 75 x Width 317 x Depth 122 - Fully Extended

Height 75 x Width 204 x Depth 122 - With both leaves removed

Dimensions in inches:

Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 10 foot, 5 inches x Depth 4 foot - Fully Extended

Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 6 foot, 8 inches x Depth 4 foot - With both leaves removed

Shipping:

We ship worldwide and deliver to Mainland UK addresses free of charge.

A shipping cost to all other destinations must be requested prior to purchase.

UK shipping times are typically 3-5 business days.

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We require that someone be home on the agreed delivery day if applicable, otherwise a redelivery fee will apply.

In accordance with Distance Selling Regulations, we offer a 14-day money back guarantee if you are not satisfied with the item.

The item must be returned in its original packaging and condition.

Unless the item is not as described in a material way, the buyer is responsible for return shipping expenses.

Buyers are fully responsible for any customs duties or local taxes that may be incurred on items sent outside of the United Kingdom, and we are not responsible for any delays in shipping or in the customs procedures of any jurisdiction, which are completely beyond our control.

Please be advised that claims for damage with certain carriers can sometimes take several months to resolve, and we would be grateful for your patience and cooperation throughout the process.

Returns will be processed and refunds issued within 2-3 business days of receipt.

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