Object Description
This is a superb dining set comprising an antique Regency Revival dining table and ten Hepplewhite revival dining chairs, all dating from the second half of the 20th Century.
The tabletop was crafted in beautiful flame mahogany and has two leaves that can be added or removed as required to suit the occasion. It is raised on a pair of gun-barrel bases with quadruple outspread reeded legs and elegant brass toes and castors.
Beautifully handcrafted from solid mahogany, the set comprises eight 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.
Transform the fine dining experience in your home with this dining set fit for a king.
Condition:
In excellent condition, having been beautifully cleaned, polished, and waxed, with the chairs reupholstered in our workshops. Please see the photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 73 cm x Width 295 cm x Depth 106 cm – Fully Extended
Height 73 cm x Width 202 cm x Depth 106 cm – With both leaves removed
Height 97.5 cm x Width 53 cm x Depth 53.5 cm – Chairs
Height 97.5 cm x Width 61 cm x Depth 57 cm – Armchairs
Height 49.5 cm – Seat height
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 9 foot, 8 inches x Depth 3 foot, 6 inches – Fully Extended
Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 6 foot, 7 inches x Depth 3 foot, 6 inches – With both leaves removed
Height 3 foot, 2 inches x Width 1 foot, 9 inches x Depth 1 foot, 9 inches – Chairs
Height 3 foot, 2 inches x Width 2 foot x Depth 1 foot, 10 inches – Armchairs
Height 1 foot, 7 inches – Seat height
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.
Satinwood (Ceylon Satinwood) is a native of Southern India and Sri Lanka and has an illuminating, shimmery yellow/gold appearance. It was more commonly used in combination with Coromandel to create a dramatic contrast, giving a spectacular effect.
George Hepplewhite
(1727 – 1786) was a cabinetmaker. He is regarded as having been one of the “big three” English furniture makers of the 18th century, along with Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Chippendale.
There are no pieces of furniture made by Hepplewhite or his firm known to exist but he gave his name to a distinctive style of light, elegant furniture that was fashionable between about 1775 and 1800 and reproductions of his designs continued through the following centuries. After he died in 1786, the business was continued by his widow, Alice. In 1788, she published a book with about 300 of his designs, The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide, with two further editions published in 1789 and 1790.
Hepplewhite produced designs that were slender, more curvilinear in shape and well-balanced. Some characteristics hint at a Hepplewhite design, such as shorter, more curved chair arms, straight legs, and shield-shaped chair backs, all without carving. The design would receive ornamentation from paint and inlays used on the piece.
Our reference: A5016b