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PROBABLY SOUTH DEVON, CIRCA 1540-1550
Details
AN ENGLISH OAK ALTAR TABLE
PROBABLY SOUTH DEVON, CIRCA 1540-1550
The two-board rectangular top over a scalloped fishtail-cut frieze, the ringed round tapering legs joined by a box structure, the top apparently original and possibly reduced in depth
31 in. (79 cm.) high, 49 in. (124 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
PROBABLY SOUTH DEVON, CIRCA 1540-1550
The two-board rectangular top over a scalloped fishtail-cut frieze, the ringed round tapering legs joined by a box structure, the top apparently original and possibly reduced in depth
31 in. (79 cm.) high, 49 in. (124 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
Literature
M. Dann, The English Smile, English Furniture and the Renaissance, 1490-1590, Plymouth, 2005, p. 113-117, no. 19 (illustrated).
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