Apter-Fredericks

Important English Antique Furniture

Dining Furniture

A Regency Period Dining Table
A George III Chippendale Period Carved Mahogany Serpentine Fronted Side Table
A Rare George III Mahogany Side Table
A Fine George III Mahogany Three Pedestal Dining Table
A Regency Period Mahogany Extending Dining Table
A Set of Eighteen George III Mahogany Dining-Chairs
A Fine George III Adam Period Mahogany Side Table
An Outstanding Georgian Sidetable in the Manner of John Cobb
An Important Regency Mahogany Sideboard With a Pair of Pedestals en Suite. Attributed to George Oakley
A Very Fine Regency Period Mahogany Breakfast Table
An Elegant Georgian Mahogany Circular DiningTable
A Fine George III Mahogany Three Pedestal Dining Table

A Fine George III Mahogany Three Pedestal Dining Table

Height: 28.5" 72.4cm
Width: 58" 147.3cm
Length: 123" 312cm

Fine period dining tables have become increasingly difficult to find. This example is all the rarer for being an early table, as can be determined by the smooth edge to the top and the 'gun-barrel' column. The fact that the columns are supported on four splayed legs adds to the table's stability.

Interestingly, whilst the width of a table needed to be sufficient to ensure that a long table was correctly proportioned and not too narrow, it also had a great deal to do with the need to display grand centerpieces and candelabra on the table, as was the fashion at that time.

English, Circa 1795