An oak six-leg refectory table, circa 1700 Probably Welsh
An oak six-leg refectory table, circa 1700
Welsh
The heavy rectangular top of two cleated boards above a channel-edged front frieze with unusual conforming spandrels, raised on six baluster ring-turned legs joined by channel-edge moulded rectangular-section stretchers, the rear frieze with punch-decorated lunettes, 237cm wide x 76.5cm deep x 80cm high, (93" wide x 30" deep x 31" high)
Sold for £6,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Literature: Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture The British Tradition, figs. 3:168, 169, pp.291,292 illustrated two comparable tables attributed to Welsh origin.

Category: Furniture / Oak Furniture


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