An important Victorian mahogany patent circular dining table by Johnstone Jeanes & Co. London, circa 1845

The brass circular plaque inscribed JOHNSTONE JEANES & CO.  /  PATENTEES / 67 NEW BOND ST. / LONDON.

Overall good condition. The color of the leaves match to the top of table. One brass tip to one large leaf replaced. Edge of tabletop with some old nicks and bruises, with some small repairs in places. Table legs appear to be sturdy. The stretchers and feet and some of the legs with some old bruises and wear, consistent with age and use. Nice polished surface. Mechanism to table works well. Some leaves with very small minor nicks and chips to edges. Tabletop is even and sturdy, with a nice color to mahogany. Please note that the color of the table is slightly warmer in reality than illustrated in the catalogue.
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The form of this table was invented by Robert Jupe, upholder of 47 Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, who applied for a patent for a circular extending dining table with segmented top (no. 6788) in March 1835. The description for the patent stated: "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 tables of this type were produced by Jupe in association with the cabinet-maker John Johnstone of New Bond Street and carry a brass boss to the central mechanism engraved `JUPES PATENT'. After 1842 the firm changed its name due to a new partnership and became Johnstone and Jeanes.

An extending dining table with carved lion-form feet by Johnstone and Jeanes sold at Sotheby's, London, November 22, 2006, lot 239, (£176,000).  Another dining table made by Johnstone and Jupe sold at Sotheby's London, June 6, 2006, lot 368 (£148,000).