EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN ENGLISH OAK AND BURR OAK OCCASIONAL TABLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The parquetry top centred with a mother of pearl roundel, made from the old Skyrack Oak, on octagonal column
30in. (76cm.) high, 17in. (43cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

The skyrack oak was a celebrated ancient oak tree in the Headingley district of Leeds, until it blew down in the 1940's. It is depicted in the skyrack mural at Octavia Hill's Birthplace House, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire; the Hill family lived in Headingley for a time.

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