A William IV mahogany extending dining table by Johnstone, Jupe & Co circa 1835

stamped JOHNSTONE JUPE & CO/ NEW BOND ST/ LONDON/ 11382, the rounded segmented top revolving to open to take eight small or eight larger leaves, each with brass tips, on a baluster column and four shaped leaf-carved legs with claw feet, the smaller leaves stamped 11382 and stencilled 1-8, the larger leaves with the same stencils, the leaves with  labels for Apter- Fredericks Ltd

This table is in very good condition. The leaves and top have been repolished. The colour is very even. The action is a little stiff but otherwise works well. There are some old marks and stains consistent with age and use.
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The design for this table was patented in 1835 by Robert Jupe, upholsterer of 47 Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square. The patent specification states that the table was `an improved expanding table so constructed that the sections composing its surface may be caused to diverge from a common centre and that the spaces caused thereby may be filled by inserting leaves or filling pieces'. The first tables of this type were produced by Jupe in association with the cabinet-maker John Johnstone of New Bond Street.   

Related examples are illustrated in Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, 1996, pp.283-285, figs. 530-535; E. Aslin, 19th Century English Furniture, 1962, pl.5; Francis Collard, Regency Furniture, 1985, p.24. Two `Jupe' Patent tables with the same pattern of base are illustrated in the Dining-room at Mottisfont Priory in H. Avray Tipping, `Mottisfont Priory, Hampshire', Country Life,  19th November 1921, p.656, fig. 9.

A late Victorian oak `Jupe' table with two sets of leaves and extending to 82in. diameter was sold Sotheby`s London, 22nd November 2007, lot 239, £176,000 including premium. Another table designated ` The Property of a Gentleman' and with a provenance- `Bought from Apter-Fredericks, Ltd',  stamped by Johnstone & Jeanes, with two sets of leaves extending to 97in. and of similar form to the present lot was sold anonymously Christie`s London, 8th June 2006, lot 100, £321, 600.