Charles II Oak Double Gateleg Table
ENGLAND, circa 1660-70
81.9 x 151.1 x 189.9 cm
32 ¼ x 59 ½ x 74 ¾ in
32 ¼ x 59 ½ x 74 ¾ in
6440
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The oval plank top above bold barley twist turned uprights with matching twin knuckle joined gates, joined by further twist turned stretchers and tie rails, all sitting on original toes....
The oval plank top above bold barley twist turned uprights with matching twin knuckle joined gates, joined by further twist turned stretchers and tie rails, all sitting on original toes. With silhouette shaped frieze rails to each end of the frame.
Ralph Edwards discusses gate-leg tables in ‘The Dictionary of English Furniture: Volume Three’ (Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1983), pp.234-241. He explains that: ‘The distinctive feature [of a gate-leg table] is a top with flaps supported on pivoted legs, each pair being united at top and bottom by stretchers and constituting a “gate.’ (ibid, p.234).