Popularity of the radially expanding dining table
The perennial and international popularity of the radially expanding dining table was underlined in South Africa when Stephan Welz & Co (in association with Sotheby’s) sold this William IV circular extending dining table by Johnstone, Jupe and Co for R950,000 (£84,820), plus 10 per cent premium, in Cape Town on March 30.
The expanding table design was patented by Robert Jupe in 1835 and the first tables of this type wer…