An English walnut extending dining table, by White, Allom and Company, early 20th century
No reserve
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
of oval form, including eight leaves (together with two additional leaves), on leaf-carved tapering legs, elements stamped WHITE ALLOM & CO. 15 GEORGE ST/HANOVER SQUARE LONDON.W, elements inscribed and incised with numbers
Height 29 1/2 in., length 232 in. (fully extended), width 105 in. at widest point (fully extended) ; Haut. 74,9 cm, long. 589,2 cm (entièrement dépliée), larg. 266,7 cm au point le plus large (entièrement dépliée)
Includes two extra leaves, each 19 in. long, 80 in. wide ; chacune 48,3 cm de long, 203,2 cm de large
Residence of Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927), San Marino, California;
Christie's, New York, 22 November 2011, lot 392.
White, Allom & Co. was founded in London in 1905 by Sir Charles Carrick Allom (1865-1947). It ranks among the most important decorating and furniture-making firms of the early twentieth century, undertaking commissions at both Buckingham Palace and the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.
It was also engaged by the American collector Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927) to furnish his residence at San Marino, California, today the Huntington Library. Our table can be seen in the dining room in an archival photograph dated November 1930 (The Huntington Library, San Marino, California, photCL 107).
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