A George III mahogany five-pedestal dining table

each solid mahogany top tilting above a baluster standard raised on molded cabriole legs ending in scrolled feet.  Together with four associated leaves.  Tops and bottoms associated.

Partridge Fine Arts, London, 1979

Overall good condition; beautiful figuring and color to the mahogany; the leaves match with color and figuring very well; one leg with old repaired crack with a plug and small chip around separation of crack; tip of one foot replaced; on end top with patch at one corner approximately 3 1/2 inches by 3/4 inch, the other corner with a small square patch and a thin rectangular patch; the next leaf with a repaired break above one tennon going into the next table top; the next table top with a minor split above join with tennon from previous leaf; the other end top with a 3/4 inch by 3 inch patch to one corner; overall with som scratches, bruises, nicks and marks to the tops and leaves; some nicks to edges of leaves and tops at joins; slight rippling to leaves and tops overall; sliding supports to underside of tops later. Pedestals appear to be later; tops appear to be late 18th/early 19th century as well as associated leaves.
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