Lot Essay
Related examples of this type of table are illustrated in Victor Chinnery Oak Furniture The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, pg. 303, fig. 3.206 and pg. 454, fig. 4.78; and Wolsey & Luff Furniture in England, The Age of The Joiner, 1968, fig.74. An inlaid example was sold in these rooms, 2 July 1997, lot 469.