A Regency mahogany and ebony inlaid twin pedestal dining table

in the manner of Thomas Hope, with two D-end sections with tilt tops and two leaves, slight alterations to one D-end section

Overall in very good condition. The underside of the pedestals have later supports and bearers to support the two leaves which appear to be contemporary. The top is slightly faded. The leaves are slightly darker than the two D-end sections. Old marks and scratches consistent with age and use. Slight alterations to one D-end section. A most attractive table.
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The unusual form of the pedestals on the present table relate to a card table with a similar pedestal base with ebony inlay, with an inscribed brass plaque engraved WILKINSON/ Moorfields, London/PATENT, illustrated in Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, 1996,  p.472, pl.958. Although not stamped, the form of the present table is so similar as to suggest that it may have been supplied by this firm. Joshua Wilkinson established his cabinet, upholstery, carpet and looking-glass warehouse in Moorfields about 1766. By 1784 the firm had moved to the sign of The Easy Chair, 7 Broker`s Row, Moorfields and was trading as Wilkinson & Sons. Six years later the firm had expanded to include Nos. 9 and 10 Broker`s Row, and was run by Joshua Wilkinson`s second son, William and his cousin Thomas. They specialised in patent tables advertising in 1807 extending dinig tables that occupied when closed `a space considerable smaller than is necessary for the standing of any other dining table now in use'.