Live Auction 7663Fasque The Scottish Seat of the Gladstones
A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY WINE TABLE
Lot 56

A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY WINE TABLE

CIRCA 1830

Closed7 May 2008

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GBP 6,250

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A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY WINE TABLE
CIRCA 1830
With gate-leg action and folding leaves, previously with screw-on gallery, with copper patent castors
30½ in. (71.5 cm.) high; 70¼ in. (178.4 cm.) wide; 22 in. (55.8 cm.) deep; 99¼ in. (253.4 cm.) when fully extended

Specialist note

The extending fireside dining-table, popularly called a 'Gentleman'’s Social Table'’ since its introduction in the 1797 London Prices of Cabinet Work, was noted in J.C. Loudon's Encyclopaedia (1833) as being 'chiefly used by gentlemen after the ladies have retired to the drawing-room. This table is then placed in front of the fire...'