1830s Dining Room Tables

A good antique French cherry "Vendange" wine tasting/dining table, circa 1830. The table of a rare size at over six feet in length, the top of oval form and crafted from solid cherry...

This is a beautiful antique William IV  flame mahogany extending dining table, circa 1830 in date. This amazing table can  seat   eight people in comfort and has been hand-crafted f...

William IV Rosewood breakfast/dining table with a circular top with an open petal frieze upon a cylindrical pedestal, petal collar and circular plinth base all upon scrolled feet and...

This round dining table in Biedermeier style originates from the first half of the 19th century in Czechoslovakia. It is constructed from solid spruce with an oak veneer, which, afte...

Round Biedermeier extendable table in cherry wood from Southwest Germany around 1830 Cherry veneered and solid. Ebonized notches around th...

A fine antique American Empire mahogany dining table with five leaves, circa 1830. Without leaves inserted the pedestal table is ...

This is a beautiful antique William IV mahogany extending dining table, circa 1835 in date. This amazing table can seat fourteen people in comfort and has been hand-crafted from b...

A very rare opportunity to own a good early antique William IV flame mahogany extending dining table in the manner of Gillows of Lancaster, Circa 1835 in date. The table top having a moulded edge with a pull out action and four leaves, with brass clips. The leaves can be added or removed as required to suit the occasion. The table has been hand-crafted from solid flame mahogany which has a beautiful grain, and is raised on five substantial ring turned and tapering reeded legs that terminate in heavy brass cup castors It measures just over 11ft in length fully extended, which makes it ideal for large dinner parties. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 77 cm x Width 334 cm x Depth 138 cm - Fully extended Height 77 cm x Width 135 cm x Depth 138 cm - With all 4 leaves removed Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 6 inches x Width 10 foot, 11 inches x Depth 4 foot, 6 inches - Fully extended Height 2 foot, 6 inches x Width 4 foot, 5 inches x Depth 4 foot, 6 inches - With all 4 leaves removed William IV - the brief reign of William IV (1830 – 1837) marked a period of transition between the Regency period (which had been an age of innovation based on revivalist styles such as ancient Egypt, and the Grecian designs) and the Victorian era. William IV furniture is similar in style to Regency furniture with many of the designs from the Regency period being copied but often executed in a much heavier manner with chairs, tables and other items being coarser and clumsier in appearance when compared with those made during the Regency period. Popular pieces produced during this period include tilt top dining tables and pillared extendable tables. Sofa tables and drum tables were also favoured at the time as were sideboards and card tables. Heavy brass fittings were a prominent feature such as lion’s paw feet on tables. Chairs frequently sported sabre legs to the back with stumpy bulbous turned legs to the front. The rope twist carved back was also much in favour. This period also saw the introduction of the more exotic timbers such as zebra wood. With the Industrial Revolution getting under way furniture making saw the increased use of mechanisation a trend set to accelerate during the Victorian period. This short, but important transitional period eventually gave way to the romanticism of the Victorians but the furniture it produced was usually of good quality and it remains sought after and desirable today. Robert Gillow (1704–1772) was an English furniture manufacturer. He joined with a family of traders called Sattersthwaite and sailed with them to the West Indies as a ships carpenter. In Jamaica he became interested in mahogany and brought samples of the wood back to Lancaster in 1720. This may have been the first mahogany to be imported to England. He founded the luxury furniture and furnishings firm Gillow of Lancashire in 1730. During the 1730s he began to exploit the lucrative West Indies trade exporting mahogany furniture and importing rum and sugar, in addition to fitting out ships cabins and doing finishing work in construction. The firm rapidly established a reputation for supplying high quality furniture and furnishings to the richest families in the country. They also had a London workshop in Thames Street. In 1764 a permanent London branch of Gillow's was established at 176 Oxford Road, now Oxford Street, by Robert's son, Thomas Robert Gillow, and William Taylor. As well as working in solid mahogany, Gillows made veneered and painted furniture, and often used japanning to imitate inlay. As textiles came down in price, the firm moved into upholstery – staying ahead of the game in 1785 when it sent an upholsterer from London to work in the Lancaster factory. Gillows can be credited with many innovations. In the mid-1760s initiated and exploited the craze for billiard tables and produced a ladies’ version, the trou-madame. He invented the extending dining table – including, in 1800, the telescopic version, the “Patent Imperial.” The firm was inventive in adapting designs to customer’s requirements – 1795 saw a round library table...

This is a magnificent antique William IV flame mahogany extending dining table which can comfortably seat twelve people, and is also ideal for use as a conference table, C1830 in dat...

This is an elegant antique Regency dining table that can comfortable seat twelve people, circa 1830 in date. The table features elegant simplicity, with straight, unbroken surfaces ...

This is a magnificent antique William IV solid mahogany dining table which can seat ten diners in comfort, and is Circa 1835 in date. This beautiful table is in stunning flame maho...

A stunning antique William IV breakfast table / loo table, in the manner of Gillows, circa 1830 in date. The lovely figured flame mahogany circu...