18/1978

Collection

Furniture

Brief description

Circular table with a mahogany base and column and a chestnut veneer tabletop, from the Chastleton range, designed by Richard D. Russell and manufactured by Gordon Russell Ltd. in England, 1934, acquired from the original owner.

Title

Chastleton
1161

Object name

table

Object number

18/1978

Production person

Richard Drew Russell (designer)

Production organisation

Gordon Russell Ltd (manufacturer)

Production date

1934 (designed)

Production place

Broadway (manufactured)

Period

Twentieth century (1900-1999)

Material

mahogany
chestnut
walnut

Technique

polished
turned
veneered

Physical description

Table with a round top, on a pillar base with a round plinth at the bottom. The top of this table is made from black (American) walnut, veneered on the top side and the underside,probably with a mahogany substrate. The veneer around the edge of the table top and the pillar is Japanese chestnut, with walnut rings on the pillar. The frame underneath the tabletop is also walnut. The plinth is walnut veneer on a mahogany substrate.

Dimensions

Height: 76.2cm
Diameter: 142.5cm

Website keywords

dining furniture
tables

Label

Caption for Exploring 20th Century London website:
This table came from a house called 'Oakbeams' in Southgate, north London. This was a large detached house built in the late 1920s in an Arts and Crafts style for a theatrical agent named Robert Cole. In the early 1930s Mr Cole visited the furniture showroom of Gordon Russell Ltd on Wigmore Street and was so impressed that he decided to have the whole of the ground floor of 'Oakbeams' kitted out in Gordon Russell's modern style. He chose this dining table from the luxurious 'Chastleton' range. It is made from rare and expensive wood and is very finely crafted. He also chose a set of dining chairs to go with it, which are available to see on this website (18/1978-3-1) and a standard lamp (18/1978-6).