Object Description
This is a beautiful dining set comprising an antique William IV flame mahogany dining table and a beautiful set of eight William IV Dining Chairs, Circa 1830 in date..
This amazing table can seat eight people in comfort and ten if required. It has been hand-crafted from solid mahogany and the beautifully figured flame mahogany top is rectangular with rounded corners and has two leaves which can be added or removed as required to suit the occasion. The leaves can be easily removed and stored away when not required.
The table is raised on four hand carved turned and reeded tapering legs that terminate in their original brass and porcelain cup castors
The fabulous set of eight Regency Period George IV flame mahogany dining chairs, are in the manner of Gillow of Lancaster.
The set comprising six side chairs and two armchairs. The backrests with tablet toprails with beautifully relief carved paterae at each end, above openwork horizontal splats carved with scallopshells. The seats have beeb reupholstered in a stunning blue striped fabric, above elegant straight and reeded front legs and splayed back legs.
These chairs have been masterfully crafted in beautiful solid flame mahogany throughout and the finish and attention to detail on display are truly breathtaking
Whatever the function of this gorgeous dining set, it will make a profound impression on your dinner guests and will receive the maximum amount of attention wherever it is placed
Condition:
In excellent condition the table and chairs having been beautifully cleaned and polished in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 74.5 cm x Width 254 cm x Depth 114.5 cm – Fully extended
Height 74.5 cm x Width 124.5 cm x Depth 114.5 cm – With both leaves removed
Height 84 cm x Width 48.5 cm x Depth 50 cm – Chairs
Height 84 cm x Width 59.5 cm x Depth 53.5 cm – Armchairs
Height 48 cm – Seat height
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 8 foot, 4 inches x Depth 3 foot, 9 inches – Fully extended
Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 4 feet, 1 inch x Depth 3 foot, 9 inches – With both leaves removed
Height 2 foot, 9 inches x Width 1 foot, 7 inches x Depth 1 foot, 8 inches – Chairs
Height 2 foot, 9 inches x Width 1 foot, 11 inches x Depth 1 foot, 9 inches – Armchairs
Height 1 foot, 7 inches – Seat height
William IV – the brief reign of William IV (1830 – 1837) marked a period of transition between the Regency period (which had been an age of innovation based on revivalist styles such as ancient Egypt, and the Grecian designs) and the Victorian era.
William IV furniture is similar in style to Regency furniture with many of the designs from the Regency period being copied but often executed in a much heavier manner with chairs, tables and other items being coarser and clumsier in appearance when compared with those made during the Regency period.
Popular pieces produced during this period include tilt top dining tables and pillared extendable tables. Sofa tables and drum tables were also favoured at the time as were sideboards and card tables. Heavy brass fittings were a prominent feature such as lion’s paw feet on tables. Chairs frequently sported sabre legs to the back with stumpy bulbous turned legs to the front. The rope twist carved back was also much in favour.
This period also saw the introduction of the more exotic timbers such as zebra wood. With the Industrial Revolution getting under way furniture making saw the increased use of mechanisation a trend set to accelerate during the Victorian period.
This short, but important transitional period eventually gave way to the romanticism of the Victorians but the furniture it produced was usually of good quality and it remains sought after and desirable today.
Gillow & Co.
was originally founded in Lancaster in 1730. Gillow’s of Lancaster was a household name in Victorian Britain, and the firm exported furniture throughout the Empire. Key to the company’s success was the dynamic father and son team at its core.
The London branch was opened in 1775. Among Gillow’s most successful pieces during this period were those made in the Neoclassical style from original drawings by Robert Adam. In the period 1813-1820 the Gillow family gradually withdrew from personal involvement with the business.
In 1897 Gillow & Co. merged with a Liverpool firm and they henceforth traded as Waring & Gillow.
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: A4152a