An Edwardian hexagonal mahogany centre table by Thomas Turne...

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£150 - £200

An Edwardian hexagonal mahogany centre table by Thomas Turner of Manchester (?), with satinwood crossbanded top above intricately fretted supports each bifurcating to six square legs united by an under tier, indistinctly stamped and numbered 19164. 52 cm wide x 52 cm long x 74 cm overall height. Together with another square topped un marked Edwardian occasional table with fan inlay. 45 cm x 45 cm x 66 cm overall height.

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Private estate

Turner & Co.; Turner, Thomas Hulme & Manchester, Lancashire; cabinet makers (fl.1867-87) The warehouse of Thomas Turner, cabinet maker of John Dalton Street was destroyed by fire in 1875. The five-floor building was located in the Pantechnicon, Egerton Street, Hulme and had been built by Turner c.1867. At the time of the fire the building was full of household furniture and general effects. Damage was estimated at £60,000 to £70,000;. Fortunately the building was insured by the London & Southwark Fire Office and the contents covered by a large number of companies, although Turner’s own stock was only partially covered by insurance. Turner’s cabinet making building adjacent to the Pantechnicon was unaffected by the fire. T. Turner was listed at Egerton Street, Chester Road and 34 & 36 John Dalton Street in The Furniture Gazette Directory, 1876 & 1877. Turner & Co. was recorded at 36 John Dalton Street in The Furniture Gazette: Classified List of the Furniture, Upholstery, and Allied Trades, 1886. The Furniture Gazette, 1 February 1887, recorded the firm as supplying furniture and billiard tables to the Reform Club at Heaton Chapel, near Stockport. Credit: BIFMO

Structurally good slight blemishes to the tops consistent with age