Refectory Table Renaissance
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Refectory table renaissance. Make offer italian 19th century renaissance style carved walnut refectory grand hall table antique oak table refectory table scotland 1780 antique furniture b1543 185000. Large italian renaissance style oak refectory table with a carved apron raised upon four carved legs and a trestle base. Deaccessioned from the fogg art museum harvard university. The design is based on a trestle styletypically the table legs are supported by circumferential.
Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Italian renaissance walnut refectory table. A refectory table is a highly elongated table used originally for dining in monasteries in medieval times. Of massive scale with a rectangular top and molded edge over two scrolled carved supports and plinth bases.
In the late middle ages the table gradually became a banqueting or feasting table in castles and other noble residencesthe original table manufacture was by hand and created of oak or walnut. An italian renaissance walnut refectory table late 16thearly 17th century the rectangular top above trestle supports carved with addorsed winged mermaids with entwined tails the stretcher carved with a putto mask and foliate support on a later h form base inscribed in chalk 55306 later cross stretcher beneath top 31in. A long high table originally used in monasteries in dining halls and for banquets in the middle ages. Often refectory tables are made in oak and walnut wood with fairly simple designs with geometric carving along the sides and blocky supports.
Florentine renaissance period refectory table in solid carved black walnut. The form was based on a trestle style having stretchers close to the floor.