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Lot Essay
Demountable trestle-leg tables, which are made to be easily disassembled to facilitate transport, are quite rare, and few extant examples are known. Tables of the present type tend to feature long tops and thick members, as their demountable form easily facilitates transport. These tables also feature aprons with integral spandrels which are joined in tongue-grooved fashion to the trestle legs, providing added structural support.
There appear to be two main types of demountable recessed trestle-leg tables. The first, to which the present example belongs, exhibits straight legs which are set into shoe feet, and which most frequently have end aprons on the narrow sides. The second variant, often lacking end aprons, has everted feet flanking raised aprons such as the example sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2012, lot 2052.
There appear to be two main types of demountable recessed trestle-leg tables. The first, to which the present example belongs, exhibits straight legs which are set into shoe feet, and which most frequently have end aprons on the narrow sides. The second variant, often lacking end aprons, has everted feet flanking raised aprons such as the example sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2012, lot 2052.