Athelhampton House: A rare Elizabeth I oak side table, circa 1570
REF: 2394
Having a one-piece square-edged top, a nulled-carved frieze drawer and chip-carved rails, on front reel over baluster-turned legs terminating in turned feet. With working key.
Provenance: The Cooke Collection, Athelhampton House, Dorset, a grade I listed Tudor Manor House. Athelhampton Collection Label (no.578) to the inside of the drawer.
Illustrated: Country Life, 1 December, 1966. The table is shown in the State Bedroom.
Literature: Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture (1986), Vol.III, p.365, fig.1, illustrates a comparable side table from the J. Thursby Pelham Collection.
- Height 72 cm / 28 1⁄2"
- Width 92.5 cm / 36 "
- Depth 44.5 cm / 17 "
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