EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A JAMES I OAK GAMING TABLE
EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Octagonal when open and supported on a loper, with architectural detail on all sides, the cupboard door with strap hinges, on tapering baluster legs with triangular undertier
30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) high; 34 ½ in. (88 cm.) wide; 18 ¼ in. (46.5 cm.) deep; 36 ½ in. (93 cm.) extended

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Lot Essay

A very similar table is in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow and is illustrated in Chinnery, 'Oak Furniture, The British Tradition', Woodbridge 1979, page 303, fig 3.207. This table has a pull-out leg to support the top rather than a loper

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