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Lot 1756
A Superb quality Holland & Sons. Mahogany Dining Table standing on eight tapering turned legs, raised on highly polished brass castors of large size, the top 70'' wide x 71 1/2'' extending with the leaves that are present to 153 1/2'' approx. but capable if all leaves were present of achieving a length of 22'6". Some abrasions and colour variation to the top, but present are six brass clips marked ''Holland & Sons, Collinson'' The table is sold with it's Oak leaf Carrier which has recently been removed from a barn after a long period of storage. Holland & Sons were cabinet makers of considerable note and produced furniture in the 19th c. for many famous residences including for royalty at such properties as Osborne House, Balmoral, Sandringham and Windsor Castle. They were also apparently involved with the design of the Palace of Westminster. Provenance: The table was purchased at a sale of furniture at The Byletts, Pembridge over 100 years ago by the Vendor's Grandfather for the sum of £100 at a time when that amount would apparently have purchased two cottages. It was moved to Barton Farm, Kington where it remained until about 1945. It was then moved to a smaller farmhouse in the Kington area where it has remained since but due to space limitations, has been used without the leaves. The leaf carrier had been stored in the loft of a stone barn. The table has been treasured by the family, the mother of the vendor apparently; well into her 80's, would weekly crawl under the table and lift each of the legs in succession in order to polish the brass castors all round. Historical Note: re. The Byletts. "The Byletts" was apparently a large Elizabethan Oak framed residence dating from the 17th c. It had been home to the Lochard family of which ten brothers had fought on the Royalist side for King Charles I. Three of the brothers were apparently killed near Richard's Castle shortly before the Battle of Naseby. In 1879 the renowned architect, John Middleton of Cheltenham and Westminster, was commissioned to remodel the ancient house and it was encased in a contemporary design in stone and brick, the work being commissioned by Mr. John Bowle Evans (a member of the Council at Cheltenham Ladies' College). The table was almost certainly commissioned to be compatible with the make-over work of that time.
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