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This expanding table is the result of the latest mechanical design techniques, but with a heritage of over 150 years. The Fletcher Capstan Table is unique.

A round table that doubles its seating capacity, from six to twelve, at the push of a button. Astonishingly it remains truly circular in the process. The mechanism was described as ‘pure magic’ by Boat International magazine; fast and impressive, taking only seconds to fully expand or contract.

Installation & Ordering

Only a few of these extraordinary tables are produced each year, being hand crafted in the finest British traditions of furniture making. Each table is truly a one off item, a museum piece of the future, the price for each is dependent on the materials and cost of the construction, which is generally in the tens-of-thousands of pounds.

The installation of this large piece of furniture must also be considered, as it is composed of a number of pieces and has a total weight of about 220 kilos (485 lbs). We can deliver anywhere in the world in a single shipment and then an installation technician, from the UK, completes the assembly on site.

Geometry

Our design is similar in concept to an antique Jupe table, but radically different. It’s intricacy changes, according to the species of timber used, as the table metamorphoses from small to large, and vice versa. When small, the top is made up of six pie shaped leaves, and an outer skirt in the manner of a drum table.

Under this first layer lie two more layers of leaves, the first strata made up of six arrow shaped leaves and, under that, a large star shaped leaf. Below all of this lies the magical mechanism, constructed throughout in a combination of aluminium and stainless steel, and strikingly beautiful in its mechanical complexity. The whole assembly is supported on a base of varying design.