A substantially made early Victorian wind-out extending dining table in golden quarter-sawn oak with five leaves. With a rounded rectangular top finished with a moulded edge and frieze, this large table smoothly extends from 5ft 7¼in to 12ft using a Joseph Fitter double ended ‘screw expander’ mechanism allowing it to seat up to 12-14 people (possibly more at a squeeze). Standing on four ring turned tapering legs with original rope-twist brass caps and brown pottery castors. This design of table is also known as a top-slider because the top slides away from the legs as it expands giving more legroom to seat two people at the ends of the table if required. Would also make a good boardroom or conference table. Sympathetically cleaned and repolished by hand using traditional methods to highlight the grain and give a golden honey oak colour to the top, medullary rays from the quarter-sawn cut of the oak produce the attractive ‘tiger grain’ pattern. The Gillows pattern of doubl...