A Large French Dinner Table
A large and wide 19th century French provincial dinner table of simple proportions, the top made from wide and long planks of poplar and pine with all-round 'bread-ends', standing on eight elegantly tapering, square-section oak legs. Typically, from its use in a traditional Bistro in rural Normandy, the top shows the markings of its long use (including a graffiti of someone's name, left by a long-ago user) and has developed a fruitwood like tonality. This table comfortably sits sixteen and has plenty of leg-room under it. Please note the dentil-shaped cut in the centre of this table, which allows the table to be divided into two parts for ease of transport and storage. Area of Caen, circa 1880.
Condition report: In good and original condition, the showing wear suitable for its age and use. Fully restored by our restoration workshop.
Dimensions: 483.5 x 101 cm, height 76 cm, leg-room 63 cm.
Status: Sold