Country Homes Antiques Scotland est 1985

Large Victorian double wind out mahogany dining table.

Victorian 16.5 foot in length oval ended mahogany dining table. Raised on five fluted substantial legs on brass casters.

Victorian mahogany double wind out dining table, oval top with moulded edge, Five substantial turned and carved legs on casters, labelled W Taylor & Sons, London.

Provenance: This table once graced Dumbleton Hall, Gloucestershire. It was in the ‘hall’ during the time Viscount Monsell (MP for Evesham and First Lord of the Admiralty from 1931-36) resided there.Following the sale of the Hall in the 1950s the table (itemised as ‘1 five legged mahogany Dining Room Table went with the 2nd Viscount of Evesham, Bolton Graham Eyres-Monsell to The Mill House, Dumbleton which had formed part of the family estate.Upon the Viscount’s death his sister, Joan, and her husband, Paddy, took ownership of The Mill House and the contents. Paddy was an acclaimed travel writer and scholar, Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor.

There is a winding extension to both ends and this is a HUGE table, extending to a maximum of 16’8″, the legs are sound and the table is stable even when extended to a large size.