TABLE 70 FEET LONG

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22540, 3 October 1936, Page 23

TABLE 70 FEET LONG

MANUFACTURE IN ENGLAND PALACE OF A MAHARAJAH One of tlio largest dining tables made in Britain was recently shipped to India. Tlio table is 701't. long and nearly J Oft. wide. Jt will seat 7-1. ]t took nearly six months to make the table and execute the delicate carvings on the legs. It is for use in a new banqueting hall being built for llie Maharajah of Jodhpur in one of his palaces. "The table is of our own design," said Sir John Milbanke, one of the principals of the firm which manufactured it. "It is made of Indian silver wood, and is of a delicate shade of silver grey, with «i slight polish. We have also made 74 chairs for the hall, each upholstered in fawn velvet with the coat of arms of the Maharajah worked in silks by hand in the centre. "The ceiling of the new hall represents the four seasons of the year, with other panels representing morning, noon :md night. Three magnificent Georgian electroliers are to be suspended from the ceiling. One has ;16 lamps, and each of the other two has 24. The largest electrolier is an original of the Georgian period, which has been converted for electric light, but the other two had to bo specially made to match it. "The walls of the hall are to be hung with damasks and tapestries, which have been specially woven. The Maharajah specified that everything in the place should be British-. He would not allow any of his money to be spent abroad."