Description
A rare Cromwellian oak gate leg table, the oval board top on rectangular panelled trestle end supports with open gates with central vertical support, with a wide base stretcher and moulded feet, c.1650, 30.25in (77cm) h, 51.5 x 40.25in (131 x 102cm) open. A comparative example in oak and cedar survives at Ham House and is illustrated in Thornton, R & Tomlin, M. The Furnishing and Decoration of Ham House, The Furniture History Society, 1980, fig.52 and Bowett, A. English Furniture 1660-1714, p.107, plates 4:1,2. The Ham House table was one of fourteen recorded in the 1677 inventories.
