Lot Essay
This type of table is sometimes referred to as a Credence table, which is a 19th century term for a table of such a design used in a church for holding the bread and wine for Communion.
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CIRCA 1640
Details
A CHARLES I OAK FOLDING TABLE
CIRCA 1640
With canted hinged top above a foliate lunette- carved frieze, the triangular base with bulbous-turned baluster legs, the rear centre leg pulling out to support the fold-over top, small ivorine label to underside '188'
31.14 in. (79.5 cm.) high; 37 in. (94 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1640
With canted hinged top above a foliate lunette- carved frieze, the triangular base with bulbous-turned baluster legs, the rear centre leg pulling out to support the fold-over top, small ivorine label to underside '188'
31.14 in. (79.5 cm.) high; 37 in. (94 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep
Literature
Wolsey and Luff, Furniture in England, The Age of the Joiner 1968, fig. 72 and 73.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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