‘imperial’ Action Mahogany Extending Dining Table Attributed to Gillows

A large Regency mahogany serving table attributed to Gillows, the shaped top above a fluted frieze with four superb ormolu lion’s mask r...

This large mahogany imperial action dining table has rounded ends each housing the telescopic action that extends the table to varying lengths, three extra leaves and eight brass clips. It is supported on six turned tapering and reeded legs with brass caps and castors, each end with large brass handle engraved ‘Patent Morgan & Sanders Inventors & Manufacturers, 16 & 17 Catherine Street Strand London‘. English, circa 1815. Height: 28¾ in (73 cm) Length closed: 74in (188 cm) Extended 13ft 4in (406 cm) Width: 59½ in (151 cm) Literature: Nicholas A. Brawer, British Campaign Furniture – Elegance under Canvas, 1740-1914, New York, 2001, pp.192-193, pls.D50-D52 for a very similar dining table. Morgan & Sanders was established in 1800 by Thomas Morgan & Joseph Sanders, both of whom had worked for the cabinetmaker Thomas Butler at 13–14 Catherine Street, London. Initially, they produced campaign furniture, that is, furniture which could be easily knocked down and packed fairly flat, for the use of officers in military service. The Napoleonic War required an ever-expanding British Army and Navy, thus also increasing the demand for all types of campaign furniture, from collapsible beds...

A late George III revolving mahogany drum table attributed to Gillows, the circular top inset with a faded and gilt tooled green leather above four full and four dummy frieze drawers...

A fine Victorian mahogany wine cooler attributed to Gillows, of cylindrical form applied with two brass bands below a delicate border of floral garlands, with goat’s mask and ring handles, the cabriole legs mounted with satyr masks above cloven-hoofed feet and the original castors, the oval top with radial fluting centred on a turned, hatched knop, English, circa 1860 Footnote: This wine cooler has many design elements inspired by a George III ormolu-mounted example attributed to Samuel Norman...

A large late Regency mahogany partner’s library table attributed to Gillows, the leather inset rectangular top above six frieze drawers, the frieze cross banded, raised on powerful ...

A George IV mahogany mechanical escritoire attributed to Gillows, of rectangular form with a vertical superstructure on reeded cabriole legs with a turned stretcher and the original ...

A fine Regency mahogany dining table attributed to Gillows of Lancaster: good model with shallow frieze, rectangular tablets at the top of the legs, elegant slim turned and reeded le...

A superior quality extending mahogany dining table firmly attributed to Gillows and conforming precisely to a design in the Lancashire pattern books dated 1804. The reeded-edge top consisting of two hinged ends attached to short beds which join together to form a Pembroke-type table when all of the leaves are removed. The original and complete set of two narrow and two wider leaves are interchangeable and sit on the telescoping bed which is raised on elegant turned and reeded legs with brass castors. The four legs at each corner are fixed and the two central legs screw in when the table is extended. Ref: Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, by Susan Stuart, p. 242, pl.241: In identically designed table made for Broughton Hall...

Opulent Victorian dining table in mahogany that extends We date this to circa 1880 and it is in the Gillows manner Extends via the windup mechanism and has three leaves (each measuri...

Italian Mid-Century Marvel: Extendable Dining Table Attributed to Gio Ponti A Statement Piece for Grand Gatherings: This captivating extendable dining table, attributed to the le...

A handsome William IV mahogany extending dining table to seat 10-14 people; three original leaves and brass lever clips; good oak telescopic action.

Iconic dining table of high quality workmanship, Viennese production late 1800s early 1900s in the midst of the Viennese Secession period. The cabinet is presented with a simple and linear structure but at the same time extremely elegant and refined. It comes from a dining room with a sideboard signed and branded Julius and Josef Herrmann...