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Antique Flame Mahogany Ormolu Dining Table and Ten Chairs

$15,680.43List Price

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This is a very impressive and rare antique extending dining table in the neoclassical style, circa 1920 in date, with a matching set of ten burr walnut and inlaid dining chairs. The table is made of flame mahogany and is decorated with a profusion of exquisite ormolu mounts. It has two leaves, each 55cm, which can be added or removed as required to suit the occasion. The frieze is mounted with fabulous ormolu mounts of ribbon tied festoons and it stands on floral pendant mounted square tapering legs headed with Corinthian capitals and terminating in ormolu hairy paw feet. There is no mistaking the classic and sophisticated design of the Regency style dining chairs with marquetry decoration. They comprise a pair of armchairs and eight side chairs. They all have drop in seats which are covered in a royal burgundy and gold upholstery. The upholstered seat cushions can be removed to reveal weaved cane seats. This variation allows for cooler and more comfortable dining in the warmer summer months. It is a very decorative dining set which will become the central focus point in your dining or conference room. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully restored in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 80 x width 296 x depth 118 - Fully extended. Height 80 x width 184 x depth 118 - With both leaves removed. Height 105 x width 56 x depth 53 - Armchairs. Height 105 x width 48 x depth 46 - chairs. Dimensions in inches: Height 2 feet, 7 inches x width 9 feet, 8 inches x depth 3 feet, 10 inches - Fully extended. Height 2 feet, 7 inches x width 6 feet, 0 inches x depth 3 feet, 10 inches - With both leaves removed. Height 3 feet, 5 inches x width 1 foot, 10 inches x depth 1 foot, 9 inches - Armchairs. Height 3 feet, 5 inches x width 1 foot, 7 inches x depth 1 foot, 6 inches - Chairs. 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. Mahogany is probably one of the largest ‘families’ of hardwood, having many different varieties within its own species. Mahogany has been used for centuries in ship building, house building, furniture making etc and is the core structure of just about every 19th century vanity box, dressing case or jewellery box. It became more of a Victorian trend to dress mahogany with these decorative veneers, such as rosewood, kingwood, burr walnut and coromandel, so that the actual mahogany was almost hidden from view. Mahogany itself is a rich reddish brown wood that can range from being plain in appearance to something that is so vibrant, figured and almost three dimensional in effect. Although mahogany was most often used in its solid form, it also provided some beautifully figured varieties of veneer like ‘Flame’ Mahogany and ‘Fiddleback’ Mahogany (named after its preferred use in the manufacture of fine musical instruments). Cuban mahogany was so sought after, that by the late 1850s, this particular variety became all but extinct. Ormolu (from French 'ormolu,' signifying ground or pounded gold) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-carat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object of bronze.The mercury is driven off in a kiln leaving behind a gold-coloured veneer known as 'gilt-bronze'. The manufacture of true ormolu employs a process known as mercury-gilding or fire-gilding, in which a solution of nitrate of mercury is applied to a piece of copper, brass, or bronze, followed by the application of an amalgam of gold and mercury. The item was then exposed to extreme heat until the mercury burned off and the gold remained, adhered to the metal object. No true ormolu was produced in France after around 1830 because legislation had outlawed the use of mercury. Therefore, other techniques were used instead but nothing surpasses the original mercury-firing ormolu method for sheer beauty and richness of colour. Electroplating is the most common modern technique. Ormolu techniques are essentially the same as those used on silver, to produce silver-gilt (also known as vermeil).

Dimensions:
Height: 31.5 in (80 cm)Width: 116.54 in (296 cm)Depth: 46.46 in (118 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 11
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
1920-1929
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1920
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: 06951a1stDibs: LU95064387563

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