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Lot Essay
Tables of the present type tend to feature long, single-plank 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 exhibits straight legs which are set into shoe feet, and which most frequently have end aprons on the narrow sides. An example of this type of demountable table can be seen in the present sale (lot 2023). The second variant, as seen on the present table, has everted feet flanking raised aprons. This type often lacks end aprons,which is also evident here. A smaller (245 cm.) tielimu table of this latter form, with spandrels carved in very similar fashion, is illustrated in Ming Qing Gong Ting Jia Jiu Da Guan, Beijing, 2006, pp. 266-67, no. 306, where it is dated to the Ming dynasty.
There appear to be two main types of demountable recessed trestle-leg tables. The first exhibits straight legs which are set into shoe feet, and which most frequently have end aprons on the narrow sides. An example of this type of demountable table can be seen in the present sale (lot 2023). The second variant, as seen on the present table, has everted feet flanking raised aprons. This type often lacks end aprons,which is also evident here. A smaller (245 cm.) tielimu table of this latter form, with spandrels carved in very similar fashion, is illustrated in Ming Qing Gong Ting Jia Jiu Da Guan, Beijing, 2006, pp. 266-67, no. 306, where it is dated to the Ming dynasty.