Oak Refectory Table by Old Charm

Oak refectory table, the rectangular solid oak top. Above lobed carved bulbous supports united by a stretcher. Dimensions Height 31.5 Inches Width...

A substantial size English Heal's oak refectory table. Circa 1920.

Early Arts & Crafts Wishbone Cotswold School refectory dining table in oak 3 plank top Square through-tenon jointed legs with Wishbone stretcher Maker: Sidney Barnsley Designer: Ernest Gimson Pinbury Workshop 1898 Ernest Gimson was born in Leicester, in 1864. He was articled to the Leicester architect, Isaac Barradale, and worked at his offices on Grey Friars between 1881 and 1885. Aged 19, he attended a lecture on 'Art and Socialism' at the Leicester Secular Society given by the leader of the Arts and Crafts revival in Victorian England, William Morris, and, greatly inspired, talked with him until two in the morning, after the lecture. Two years later, aged 21, Gimson had both architectural experience and a first class result from classes at Leicester School of Art. He moved to London to gain wider experience, and William Morris wrote him letters of recommendation. The first architectural practice he approached was John Dando Sedding, where he was taken on, and stayed for two years. From Sedding, Gimson derived his interest in craft techniques, the stress on textures and surfaces, naturalistic detail of flowers, leaves and animals, always drawn from life, the close involvement of the architect in the simple processes of building and in the supervision of a team of craftsmen employed direct. Seddings offices were next door to the showrooms of Morris & Co., providing opportunity to see first hand the first flourishing of Arts and Crafts design. He met Ernest Barnsley...

A grand oak refectory table in oak with a thick plank top. Beneath the table is a shapely ‘paymasters drawer’ which can be accessed from either side of the tables length. The heavy ...

Oak draw leaf refectory table, the rectangular solid oak top having pull-out ends. Above, the carved bulbous cup and cover supports are united by a stretcher. Dimensions Height 30 In...

Ddemountable construction made of solid oak with a braced substructure and a rectangular table top, made in the Germany in the 1970s.

Large Oak refectory table, the plank top, raised on trestle ends united by wavey stretcher. Dimensions Height 30 Inches Width 84 Inches Depth 33 Inches

English Renaissance style (20th Century) oak refectory table with oval top and stretcher.

A wonderful 17th Century oak refectory / serving table dating to circa 1680, having a lovely figured top with a warm rich colour, the base has four gun barrel legs united by moulded ...

circa late 20th century English Oak X-Framed Farmhouse Refectory table Measures: W201 x D101 x H77 cm