A REGENCY MAHOGANY CUMBERLAND-ACTION TWIN-PEDESTAL DINING-TABLE

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY CUMBERLAND-ACTION TWIN-PEDESTAL DINING-TABLE
Comprising two end-sections and three extra leaves, the rounded rectangular top with two ebony and boxwood bands, each end-section with a fall-flap and four gateleg-action legs with ring-turned tapering supports and downswept square tapering legs with brass paw feet and castors, stamped '4235', restorations, with later central supporting bar, previously with a further pedestal, one foot spliced, one leg restored
126½in. (322cm.) long, when extended; 27½in. (70cm.) high; 45¾in. (116cm.) wide

来源

Purchased from Partridge

拍品专文

By tradition the first Cumberland-action dining-table was made for Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, 4th son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and brother of George III. He was a patron of John Linnell in the mid-1770s so it is possible that he was the first recipient of a sophisticated design which is a development of the double gateleg table, adapted so that the legs spread the weight without obstructing people sitting at it.