Large Antique Dining and Refectory Tables
French Antique dining and refectory tables Melbourne
large 10 to 12 seater french farmhouse refectory dining tables for sale in melbourne australia We stock antique French tables and most of these are French farmhouse and refectory tables that carry the marks of generations of use. We deliberately leave most of these tables in as-found condition, so as to allow the buyer a say in how they'd like the table restored. We restore tables and make repairs using similar, old timbers and respect the character that age and wear has given them. We do sometimes need to raise table legs to a modern ergonomic height, which we carry out sympathetically.
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We have possibly the largest stock of antique dining tables in Melbourne, comprising the French Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Directoire and Empire styles, as well as a large assortment of rush-seat French provincial chairs and benches. Our workshop is able to carry out any conservation work, and also oversee and help with any required fabrics, upholstery, caning and rushing work.
A Florentine style Pietre Dure Inlaid Table
A large Pietre-Dure inlaid marble table, the top decorated with repeating Florentine Renaissance style Classical patterns, including scrolls of stylised foliate motifs and a formal border. The artisan who inlaid this top made these intricate images by using hand-cut pieces of exotic marble and of semi-precious stones, which were inserted piece by piece into shaped hollows carved into the solid bla..
$12,000 $9,000
$12,000 $9,000
A French Oak Monastery Table
A large, 19th century French Louis XIV style solid oak Monastery's refectory table, the 3.5 cm thick top with a wonderful texture from use, standing on elegant, baluster-turned oak legs joined by four stretchers, well-worn by feet. Retaining a very good and original patination throughout, the surfaces of the timbers nicely burnished. Please note the large overhangs of the top, at each table end. A..
$12,000 $9,000
$12,000 $9,000
A 19th century Normandy Table
A 19th century French provincial farmhouse table, the solid cherrywood top nicely-burnished and with a warm-brown colour, standing above four square-section legs joined by an 'H' stretcher. A shallow drawer opens in one of the long rails. Area of Normandy, circa 1880...
$8,500
$8,500
A French Draper's Table
An early 19th century French draper's, the well-burnished top made from solid oak retaining a wonderfully rich, original patina, standing above baluster-shaped square-section legs joined by an ‘H’ stretcher. Please note the wonderful character and the wear on the top, which is scored in a grid pattern and inlaid with brass rulers, for the draper to measure and cut cloth to measurements in centimet..
$16,500 $12,375
$16,500 $12,375
An 18th Century French Farmhouse Table
An 18th century French provincial solid beechwood extending farmhouse table of exceptional width, the table's top and the underside beautifully bleached by its use in a French convent's laundry. The regular wetting with soap and bleach have done their work over many years, resulting in the presently pale and soft driftwood like colour. Standing on chamfered square-section legs joined by an 'H' str..
$6,800 $5,100
$6,800 $5,100
An 18th century French Farmhouse Table
An 18th century French Regence period farmhouse table, the top made from three thick and well-burnished oak planks. Please note the early construction techniques, using internal dowelled tenons to hold the planks of the top and with the chamfered legs joined by simple stretchers. The oak timbers are very nicely worn and burnished by many generations of use. Area of Lower Normandy, circa 1740...
$9,800 $7,350
$9,800 $7,350
A 10 Seater Drop-Leaf Dining Table
A large, 19th century English George III style solid mahogany drop leaf table, able to comfortably sit ten people: 3 people at each of the long sides and 2 people at each of the table ends. When the table is open, the drop-leaves are supported by gate-legs that open completely, and don't get in the way of diners' legs. Standing on eight square section tapering legs, tipped with brass finials. Ther..
$2,200 $1,650
$2,200 $1,650
A 19th century French Farmhouse Table
A 19th century French provincial solid oak and poplar wood farmhouse table, the wide top with well-burnished planks, framed by continuous bread-ends. Standing on chamfered, square-section legs joined by an 'H' stretcher. This table will comfortably seat eight to ten people. Area of Lower Normandy, circa 1880...
$6,800 $5,100
$6,800 $5,100
A French Louis XVI Dining Table
A vintage design, Louis XVI style extending dining table, the oval-shaped and moulded-edge top decorated with cross-banded rosewood timbers, the rails fitted with gilt brass 'string of pearls' mouldings, standing on tapering and fluted legs. Made with fine workmanship, typical of the fine cabinetmaking workshops of the Parisian 'Faubourg Saint Antoine' district. Area of Paris, circa 1950...
$1,400 $1,050
$1,400 $1,050
