Live Auction 5989Christie's Interiors
A MID-VICTORIAN MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING-TABLE
Lot 455

A MID-VICTORIAN MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING-TABLE

THE MECHANISM BY JOSEPH FITTER, CIRCA 1870

Closed5 October 2010

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A MID-VICTORIAN MAHOGANY EXTENDING DINING-TABLE
THE MECHANISM BY JOSEPH FITTER, CIRCA 1870
The rectangular top with channelled edges and rounded ends, together with four additional leaves, the winding mechanism with a metallic trade label for Joseph Fitter
29¼ in. (74.5 cm.) high; 56½ in. (143.5 cm.) wide; 137¼ in. (449 cm.) long extended (5)

Specialist note

Joseph Fitter (b.1842) traded as a Birmingham machinist and applied for a 'British pattern' for an extending dining-table in 1861. He is known to have been trading from 210 Cheapside in 1870.