AN ELM X-FRAMED TABLE
AN ELM X-FRAMED TABLE

ENGLISH, 19TH CENTURY

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AN ELM X-FRAMED TABLE
English, 19th Century
The twin-plank figured top on blue painted X-framed chamfered supports joined by a central chamfered stretcher, later painted
30 in. (77 cm.) high; 70 in. (179 cm.) long; 29 in. (74 cm.) deep
Literature
A similar table referred to as an Alehouse table is illustrated in C. Gilbert, English Vernacular Furniture 1750-1900, Yale University Press, 1991, p. 90, fig. 125. The author suggests that this particular pattern of table was especially popular throughout the 19th Century and into the early 20th Century.

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