Object Description
This is a fantastic dining set comprising of an antique William IV dining table, C1830 in date, with a superb set of eighteen Hepplewhite Revival dining chairs.
The magnificent antique William IV flame mahogany dining table can comfortably seat eighteen and is also ideal for use as a conference table.
This beautiful table is in stunning solid flame mahogany and has six leaves of approximately 70 cm each, which can be added or removed as required to suit the occasion.
It stands on six elegantly carved turned and tapered legs that terminate in their original elegant brass castors.
The superb and rare set of eighteen Vintage Hepplewhite Revival dining chairs are beautifully hand crafted from solid mahogany. The set comprises sixteen side chairs and two armchairs, all of which feature an attractive shieldback design and ‘drop in’ seats that are upholstered in the finest blue damask fabric.
It is rare to find such a large fabulous and comfortable set of chairs and they enhance the table beautifully.
It is a very impressive dining set which is sure to contribute to successful dinner parties.
Provenance:
Yester House,
Gifford, East Lothian
Scotland
See Photo
Condition:
In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished waxed and the chairs reupholstered in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 78 cm x Width 540 cm x Depth 145 cm – When fully extended
Height 78 cm x Width 167 cm x Depth 145 cm – With all 8 leaves removed
Height 98 cm x Width 52 cm x Depth 56 cm – Chairs
Height 98 cm x Width 59 cm x Depth 59 cm – Armchairs
Height 49 cm – Seat height
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 7 inches x Width 17 foot, 9 inches x Depth 4 foot, 9 inches – When fully extended
Height 2 foot, 7 inches x Width 5 foot, 6 inches x Depth 4 foot, 9 inches – With all 8 leaves removed
Height 3 foot, 3 inches x Width 1 foot, 8 inches x Depth 1 foot, 10 inches – Chairs
Height 3 foot, 3 inches x Width 1 foot, 11 inches x Depth 1 foot, 11 inches – Armchairs
Height 1 foot, 7 inches – Seat height
Yester House
is an early 18th-century mansion near Gifford in East Lothian, Scotland. It was the home of the Hay family, later Marquesses of Tweeddale, from the 15th century until the late 1960s.
Construction of the present house began in 1699, and continued well into the 18th century in a series of building phases. It is now protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds of the house are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.
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.
Winding Mechanism for extending tables
Winding mechanisms were being used from the early 19th Century.
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.
Our reference: A3571b