Round Mahogany Jupe Dining Table by Leighton Hall

This is a 72” diameter mahogany dining table made in the Leighton Hall shop in Suwanee, Georgia. If features a classic cathedral mahogany top with a three beaded solid mahogany edge...

This is a made-to-order large traditional mahogany banquet/dining table made in the Leighton Hall shop. It features a field of slip-matched swirly crotch mahogany from west Africa an...

This is a made-to-order Traditional mahogany dining table made in the Leighton Hall shop. It features a field of slip-matched swirly crotch mahogany from west Africa and a Santos ros...

This is a made-to-order Large Traditional mahogany banquet or dining table made in the Leighton Hall shop. It features a field of slip-matched swirly crotch mahogany from west Africa...

This is an example of a fine quality flame mahogany veneered jupe table made in england. These tables take approximately 10 weeks from commission and make and can also be made with ...

19th Century Jupe circular extending mahogany dining table retaining the original quarter round extending leaves allowing it to expand in diameter. The top supported by a turned balu...

This is an example of a fine quality walnut veneered jupe table made in England.  These tables take approximately 10 weeks to commission and make and can also be made with customer ...

This exceptionally rare circular expanding dining table was designed by Robert Jupe and crafted by the English cabinetmakers Johnstone & Jeanes, successors to Johnstone, Jupe & Co. One of only a handful known from the firm, this table illustrates the Victorian era's quest to combine technical innovation with superb and beautiful craftsmanship. Complete with its original leaves, the table’s circular top is formed from eight separate segments. When the top is rotated, an ingenious swivel mechanism causes the sections to diverge, allowing a set of small or large leaves to be inserted for an adjustable increase in size. The design for the table was patented by Robert Jupe in 1835, who had envisioned “an improved expanding table so constructed that the sections composing its surface may be caused to diverge from a common center and that the spaces caused thereby may be filled up by inserting leaves or filling pieces.” The first of these fascinating tables were created between 1835 and 1840 during his partnership with John Johnstone and their firm of Johnstone, Jupe & Co. in London. Jupe left the company in 1840, after which the firm changed its name due to a new partnership and became Johnstone & Jeanes. The firm would eventually achieve international fame for its remarkable designs, exhibiting a "circular table made on the expanding principle" like this one at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Jupe was not alone in his fascination with combining the technical merits of engineering and mechanics with the more artful pursuit of cabinet making. The first half of the 19th century saw a prolific increase in the popularity of applying new ideas to furniture principles, which allowed furniture to serve many purposes. The resulting “patent” furniture...