Antique 19ft Flame Mahogany Oval Extending Dining Table 19th C

This is a fabulous antique French flame mahogany and marquetry inlaid extending dining table, circa 1880 in date.

This huge oval 19ft (575cm) table can comfortably seat twenty and has been hand-crafted from flame mahogany which has a beautiful grain and colour. It is raised on four elegant inlaid square legs on a quatrefoil plinth base centred with a large decorative carved classical urn. It has a decorative band of marquetry inlaid satin wood around the border with a band of wave effect marquetry around the frieze.

The table has five which leaves of 75cms each which can be added or removed as required to suit the occasion. Wth all 5 leaves removed the table becomes a decorative centre table 200cm (5ft6") by 142cm (4ft6") in size that can comfortably seat 8 people for everyday dining. When you extend the table and add the leaves a pair of inlaid legs drop down at either end to give the table it's stability. The leaves can be added one by one until the desired length has been achieved.

This stunning table will stand out in your living or conference room and will definitely become a key piece in your furnishing collection.

The set of twenty chairs shown in the photographs are not included in the price but are available if required.

Condition:

In really excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.

Dimensions in cm:

Height 78 cm x Width 575 cm x Depth 142 cm - Fully extended

Height 78 cm x Width 200 cm x Depth 142 cm - With all 5 Leaves removed

Dimensions in inches:

Height 2 foot, 7 inches x Width 18 foot, 10 inches x Depth 4 foot, 8 inches - Fully extended

Height 2 foot, 7 inches x Width 6 foot, 7 inches x Depth 4 foot, 8 inches - With all 5 Leaves removed

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.

Satin wood

is a hard and durable wood with a satinlike sheen, much used in cabinetmaking, especially in marquetry. It comes from two tropical trees of the family Rutaceae (rue family). East Indian or Ceylon satin wood is the yellowish or dark-brown heartwood of Chloroxylon swietenia.

The lustrous, fine-grained, usually figured wood is used for furniture, cabinetwork, veneers, and backs of brushes. West Indian satin wood, sometimes called yellow wood, is considered superior. It is the golden yellow, lustrous, even-grained wood found in the Florida Keys and the West Indies.

It has long been valued for furniture. It is also used for musical instruments, veneers, and other purposes. Satin wood is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Sapindales, family Rutaceae.

Our reference: A3998