Object Description
A Rare ‘Jupe’s’ Extensible Mechanical Action Circular Dining Table
By Johnstone & Jeanes of New Bond Street
Together with its original Leaf Cabinet
By Johnstone & Jeanes
Constructed in mahogany, rising from four ‘lions paw’ feet joined by an incurved quadripartite platform from which stems the central support pedestal with fluted and turned baluster forms; the table when fully closed has a moulded edge and 28.5 inches diameter, but, with the help of the ingenious patent operation, the frame opens to receive one of two sets of eight different sized brass-tipped segment-form leaves, enabling the diameter to be increased to a maximum diameter of 84.5 inches.
Stamped on the carcass ‘Johnstone, Jupe & Co’ with corresponding marks on the brass caps for ‘Johnstone & Jeanes Patentees,’ the metal component marked ‘Jupe’s Patent,’ and the leaf cabinet also stamped ‘Johnstone & Jeanes.’
English, circa 1840