AN ELIZABETHAN OAK REFECTORY TABLE

THE BASE LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY, THE TOP LATER

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AN ELIZABETHAN OAK REFECTORY TABLE
THE BASE LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY, THE TOP LATER
With diamond-carved rail on six square legs
32 ½ in. (82.6 cm.) high, 145 ½ in. (369.6 cm.) wide, 32 ¼ in. (81.9 cm.) deep

Provenance

With French and Company, New York.
Sold by the above circa 1919 to William Randolph Hearst for St. Donat's Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales.
Joseph Brummer Collection; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Part III, 8-9 June 1949, lot 322.
Fletcher Fund, 1949.

Lot Essay

William Randolph Hearst, the multi-millionaire businessman and newspaper magnate, bought St. Donat's Castle in South Wales in 1925. The interiors were transformed by Sir Charles Allom the architect-antiquarian-decorator who had recently re-decorated Buckingham Palace for George V. He spent about £300,000 on refurbishments and the installation of period paneling and furniture.

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