The Antique Furniture Company

Description

A super Victorian extending dining table in golden quarter-sawn oak with three original leaves and dating to c.1870. The D-ended rectangular top with a double moulded edge and standing on four reeded and fluted turned legs with brass caps and ceramic castors. The Joseph Fitter ‘screw expander’ winding mechanism smoothly extends the table from just under 5ft to 10ft allowing it to seat 10 to 12 people with all three leaves inserted (any number of leaves can be added to give the required size). Sympathetically cleaned and repolished using traditional methods to give a good soft honey oak colour to the top, medullary rays from the quarter-sawn cut of the oak produce the attractive ‘tiger grain’ pattern to the top. It comes with a winder handle. The mechanism stamped ‘Joseph Fitter Patentee, Britannia Works, 210 Cheapside, Birmingham’ and with coat-of-arms.

Extended Length - 10ft / 120in (305cm)
Closed Length - 58.25in (148cm)
Width - 53.5in (136cm)
Height - 28.4in (72cm)

Leaves - 16.5in, 21.9 and 23.25in (42cm, 55.5cm and 59cm)
Legroom - 23.6in (60cm) under end frieze and 26.5in (67.3cm) under inserted leaves

If extra legroom is required a set of wooden cup raisers can be made.

Please feel free to request more photos as we are limited in the number we can upload.

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Please appreciate all our items are antique and as such may have minor scratches, marks, knocks, shrinkage splits signs of old woodworm, and minor losses to veneer, which combine with care and years of polishing to create an individual character and patina. We cannot describe each marks separately and therefore suggest you do take the time to request extra photos. We do offer a 14 day money back guarantee for UK purchases but cannot refund the return shipping cost.