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An important George III mahogany twin pedestal dining table by…
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Sydney
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29-Mar-2022
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An important George III mahogany twin pedestal dining table by Morgan & Sanders, London, the rounded rectangular top with reeded edge on conforming frieze with brass handles to either end, one engraved 'Patent / Morgan & Sanders / Inventors & Manufacturers / 16 & 17 / Catherine Street strand / London', on ebony inlaid swept supports with brass caps and wooden castors, extending to take six leaves, depth 150 cm, length 188 cm, length 362.5 cm (extended), height 72 cm. Other Notes: Morgan & Sanders (1801-1820) was the partnership of Thomas Morgan and Joseph Sanders who were both former employees of Thomas Butler. They were one of the first London furniture-making firms to regularly advertise in periodicals and they had a longstanding involvement with Rudolph Ackermann who published the strand and the monthly periodical the Repository of Arts. They primarily advertised their ranges of patent furniture which at the time was a term used to refer to any piece of furniture which had interchangeable parts or could be transformed from one type of furniture into another (also known as metamorphic furniture). As such, they became known for their extendable dining tables and metamorphic chairs which converted to beds or library steps.
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Furniture: Tables - Dining & Other Large