Late 19th Century Continental Walnut Dining Table with Extension Leaves
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Continental walnut dining table, late 19th century, square top above 'Four beehive' twisted legs joined by curved stretchers, each leg embellished with carved flowers, on castors, ash runners, with three extension leaves, height 75.5 cm, width 122 cm, (without leaves), 245 cm, (extended) (each leaf 41 cm) depth 122 cm. provenance: Ben Stoner Antiques, Sydney
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- Castors - Wheels, fitted especially to chair legs, couches, tables and some smaller pieces of furniture, to enable them to be easily moved about. The earliest castors were of brass, with shanks fitting into the base of the leg, and the wheels often made of leather. In the late 18th century, brass 'bucket' or 'cup' castors were introduced, either rounded or square, fitting directly over the end of the leg and held in place with screws. The wheels were generally solid brass. Bucket/cup castors continued in use throughout the 19th century and indeed are still made today. In the later 19th century wheels were sometimes made of wood, china, either white or brown, and sometimes of steel.
- Provenance - A term used to describe the provable history of an antique or work of art, and thus an additional aid to verifying its authenticity. Provenance can have an inflating effect on the price of an item, particularly if the provenance relates to the early settlement of Australia, a famous person, or royalty. Less significant are previous sales of the item through an auction house or dealer.
- Runners - Runners or slides are wood on each side of the bottom of a drawer, being the surfaces which take the weight of the drawer and provide for its movement in and out. The runners of a drawer are usually the first areas of a drawer to display wear, due to the friction between the two surfaces. In modern cabinet making the wooden runners on th ebottom of the draer have been replaced by metal runners fixed to the side of the drawer and the side of the cabinet.
- Runners - runnders.Runners or slides are wood on each side of the bottom of a drawer, being the surfaces which take the weight of the drawer and provide for its movement in and out. The runners of a drawer are usually the first areas of a drawer to display wear, due to the friction between the two surfaces. In modern cabinet making the wooden runners on the bottom of the drawer have been replaced by metal tracks, usually fixed to the side of the drawer and the side of the cabinet.
The timber bearers on the underside of an extension table that move horizontally against each other, thus moving the table in and out are also called runners. The number of bearers in a table will determine how far the table will extend.
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