Dining table
S. & H. Jewell
Category
Furniture
Date
1894
Materials
Solid mahogany, brass castors
Measurements
71 x 279 x 152 cm
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Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 1213988
Summary
A solid mahogany extending dining table, English, supplied by S & H Jewell in 1894. Having six additional leaves, the rounded rectangular top carved with a leaf and berry edge, above a plain deep apron, standing on eight carved and reeded tapering legs, each with an upper bulbous knop and terminating in heavy brass castors below a husk-carved collar. It is understood that when at maximum length with all six leaves the table was turned at right angles to its present position and extended into the breakfast alcove.
Full description
S & H Jewell were a firm of cabinet makers established in 1830, but particularly active in the second half of the 19th century. They were a family business who worked from their premises at 29-31 Little Queen Street, Holborn, London. They also retailed furniture that they had purchased and restored.
Provenance
Supplied to James Beale in May 1894 by S & H Jewell of Little Queen Street, High Holborn, London together with the '14 Spanish mahogany Jacobean upholstered seat chairs with high backs' (NT 1213987) and '2 Ditto Elbow chairs' (NT 1213986), all for £88-15. (Invoice at WSRO MS291 £27-10)
Makers and roles
S. & H. Jewell, cabinetmaker