Damask Tables

This is a  fabulous vintage dining set which comprises a Regency Revival dining table & eight wheatsheaf shield back dining chairs, made by the master cabinet maker William Tillman i...

A very rare opportunity to own a fabulous dining set comprising an antique late Victorian flame mahogany dining table and a matching set of eight Regency Revival Bar Back dining chai...

This is  a fabulous dining set comprising a dining table by the master craftsman, William Tillman, Circa 1975 in date with an antique set of eight Chippendale Style Dining Chairs, Ci...

A very rare opportunity to own a fabulous dining set comprising an antique George III flame mahogany Imperial style extending  dining table in the manner of Gillows of Lancaster, wit...

There is no mistaking the style and sophisticated design of this exquisite dining set comprising a rare English antique Victorian pollard oak  extending dining table  Circa 1860 in d...

An outstanding antique French inlaid side table. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1890-1900 period. It is of superb ...

Very nice set of old linen from the beginning of the 20th century including 24 matching napkins. The napkins are very elegant and refined. Beautiful set of 24 napkins all in damask l...

A very rare opportunity to own a fabulous dining set comprising an antique Regency dining table in the manner of Gillows, Circa 1820 in date, and a set of ten Vintage Regency Revival...

This is a magnificent antique Victorian mahogany D-end dining table circa 1850 in date and 12 baloon back chairs. This beautiful table is in stunning solid flame mahogany and can...

This is a beautiful antique Regency flame mahogany and Satinwood banded tilt top oval dining table dating from circa 1820 with a set of six Regency Revival dining chairs dating from ...

This is a fabulous high quality Biedermeier dining set comprising a satin birch twin pillar oval dining table and matching set of ten dining chairs, purchased at great expense from Harrods, Knightsbridge, London in the 1980s. The oval satin birch top with inlaid circular satinwood and ebonized marquetry decoration at each end, with two additional leaves, that can be added or removed a required to suit the occasion. It is raised on a pair of incurved triform bases with scroll supports on ball feet. The matching set of ten chairs comprise two armchairs and eight side chairs that each feature curved backs with three ebonized curved splats, with upholstered seats on sabre legs. The seats are upholstered in a stunning cream damask fabric. There is no mistaking the fine craftsmanship of this handsome dining set which is certain to become a treasured addition to your furniture collection, and a talking point with guests at meal times. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned and waxed and the chairs reupholstered in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 75 x Width 317 x Depth 122 - Fully extended Height 75 x Width 204 x Depth 122 - With both leaves removed Height 95 x Width 56 x Depth 61 - Armchairs Height 95 x Width 49 x Depth 57 - Chairs Height 47.5 - Seat height Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 10 foot, 5 inches x Depth 4 foot - Fully extended Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 6 foot, 8 inches x Depth 4 foot - With both leaves removed Height 3 feet, 1 inch x Width 1 foot, 10 inches x Depth 2 foot - Armchairs Height 3 feet, 1 inch x Width 1 foot, 7 inches x Depth 1 foot, 10 inches - Chairs Height 1 foot, 7 inches - Seat height Harrods founder Charles Henry Harrod first established his business in 1824, aged 25. The business was located south of the River Thames in Southwark. The premises were located at 228 Borough High Street. He ran this business, variously listed as a draper, mercer and a haberdasher, certainly until 1831. During 1825 the business was listed as 'Harrod and Wicking, Linen Drapers, Retail', but this partnership was dissolved at the end of that year. His first grocery business appears to be as ‘Harrod & Co.Grocers’ at 163 Upper Whitecross Street, Clerkenwell, E.C.1., in 1832. In 1834 in London's East End, he established a wholesale grocery in Stepney, at 4, Cable Street, with a special interest in tea. In 1849, to escape the vice of the inner city and to capitalise on trade to the Great Exhibition of 1851 in nearby Hyde Park, Harrod took over a small shop in the district of Brompton, on the site of the current store. Beginning in a single room employing two assistants and a messenger boy, Harrod's son Charles Digby Harrod built the business into a thriving retail operation selling medicines, perfumes, stationery, fruit and vegetables. Harrods rapidly expanded, acquired the adjoining buildings, and employed one hundred people by 1880. However, the store's booming fortunes were reversed in early December 1883, when it burnt to the ground. Remarkably, in view of this calamity, Charles Harrod fulfilled all of his commitments to his customers to make Christmas deliveries that year—and made a record profit in the process. In short order, a new building was built on the same site, and soon Harrods extended credit for the first time to its best customers, among them Oscar Wilde,Lillie Langtry, Ellen Terry, Charlie Chaplin, Noël Coward, Gertrude Lawrence...

A very rare opportunity to own a fabulous dining set comprising a good early antique early Victorian extending dining table by Gillows, of Lancaster, Circa 1840 in date and a set of eight Swag Back dining chairs, dating from the late 20th Century. This amazing table has two leaves, which can be added or removed as required to suit the occasion. It has been hand-crafted from solid flame mahogany which has a beautiful grain and is raised on four substantail lobed reeded tapering legs which have been masterfully hand carved and terminate in brass castors. The underside of table bears the stamp of the world renowned cabinet maker and retailer 'Gillows Lancaster'. It measures just under 7ft in length by 3ft 6 inches wide, when fully extended, which makes it ideal for city appartments where space is at a premium. The Vintage set of eight swag back dining chairs, date from the second half of the 20th Century. Masterfully crafted in beautiful solid mahogany throughout, the finish and attention to detail on display are truly breathtaking. Comprising six side chairs and two armchairs, all featurimg an attractive swag back design with 'drop in' seats that have been reupholstered in the finest claret damask. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THESE ITEMS ARE MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION. Condition: In excellent condition the table having been beautifully cleaned and polished and the chairs reupholstered in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 75 x Width 209 x Depth 104 - Fully Extended Height 75 x Width 121 x Depth 104 - With all leaves removed Height 88 x Width 50 x Depth 55 - Chairs Height 88 x Width 55 x Depth 59 - Armchairs Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 6 foot, 10 inches x Depth 3 foot, 5 inches - Fully Extended Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 4 feet x Depth 3 foot, 5 inches - With all leaves removed Height 2 foot, 11 inches x Width 1 foot, 8 inches x Depth 1 foot, 10 inches - Chairs Height 2 foot, 11 inches x Width 1 foot, 10 inches x Depth 1 foot, 11 inches - Armchairs Flame Mahogany Thomas Sheraton - 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany as "best suited to furniture where strength is demanded as well as a wood that works up easily, has a beautiful figure and polishes so well that it is an ornament to any room in which it may be placed." Matching his words to his work, Sheraton designed much mahogany furniture. The qualities that impressed Sheraton are particularly evident in a distinctive pattern of wood called "flame mahogany." The flame figure in the wood is revealed by slicing through the face of the branch at the point where it joins another element of the tree. 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 with a revolving top. It fitted secrétaires with movable drawers and partitions, like early filing cabinets, and it even made a bureau bedstead that served as a desk but pulled out to a bed. The social or “gentleman’s” table, horseshoe-shaped with japanned ice buckets, appeared around 1800, as did bonheurs du jour (ladies’ writing tables). Another version of the social table was semi-circular, with a firescreen along the straight side and a sliding holder for bottles. The Davenport, a lady’s desk, was featured in the sketchbooks from 1816. Gillows made medicine chests, powdering closets, linen presses, clothes horses, squirrel cages, meat safes...