Object Description
This is a beautiful large antique William IV mahogany extending dining table, circa 1830 in date.
This amazing table can seat sixteen people in comfort and has been hand-crafted from beautiful solid flame mahogany.
The beautiful flame mahogany top is rectangular in shape and has six original leaves which can be added or removed as required to suit the occasion. The leaves can be easily removed, using the original brass clips, and stored away when not required.
The table is raised on six substantial hand carved tulip cusp reeded legs that terminate in their original brass cup castors.
The chairs shown in the photographs are not included in the price but are available if required, we have various sets of chairs in stock that would suit this table.
This stunning dining table will stand out in your dining or conference room and will definitely become a key piece in your furnishing collection.
Provenance:
Originally from the Ashley Combe House
See photo.
Condition:
In really excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 77 cm x Width 455 cm x Depth 121 cm – Fully extended
Height 77 cm x Width 163 cm x Depth 121 cm – With all 6 leaves removed
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 6 inches x Width 14 foot, 11 inches x Depth 4 feet – Fully extended
Height 2 foot, 6 inches x Width 5 foot, 4 inches x Depth 4 feet – With all 6 leaves removed
Ashley Combe House
On the Exmoor coast, now a Heritage Estate, it was built for 7th Baron Peter King in 1799. His son, William, married mathematician Augusta Ada Byron, daughter of Lord Byron and Countess of Lovelace.
The King family built a small house at Ashley Combe in 1799. The Lovelaces developed this into an Italian villa in the 1830s, with steeply terraced gardens, paths and tunnels.
The mansion was formerly the home of computer pioneer Ada Lovelace, daughter of the poet Byron.
It was opened as a Country Club by its owner, the Earl of Lytton, on the 1st July 1950.
Flame Mahogany
Thomas Sheraton – 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany as “best suited to furniture where strength is demanded as well as a wood that works up easily, has a beautiful figure and polishes so well that it is an ornament to any room in which it may be placed.” Matching his words to his work, Sheraton designed much mahogany furniture. The qualities that impressed Sheraton are particularly evident in a distinctive pattern of wood called “flame mahogany.”
The flame figure in the wood is revealed by slicing through the face of the branch at the point where it joins another element of the tree.
Our reference: A4105