Long Oak Louis XV Dining Table, c1900
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Oak - Native to Europe and England, oak has been used for joinery, furniture and building since the beginning of the medieval civilisation. It is a pale yellow in colour when freshly cut and darkens with age to a mid brown colour.
Oak as a furniture timber was superceded by walnut in the 17th century, and in the 18th century by mahogany,
Semi-fossilised bog oak is black in colour, and is found in peat bogs where the trees have fallen and been preserved from decay by the bog. It is used for jewellery and small carved trinkets.
Pollard oak is taken from an oak that has been regularly pollarded, that is the upper branches have been removed at the top of the trunk, result that new branches would appear, and over time the top would become ball-like. . When harvested and sawn, the timber displays a continuous surface of knotty circles. The timber was scarce and expensive and was used in more expensive pieces of furniture in the Regency and Victorian periods.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
An impressive French dining table with parquetry top and two extension leaves, 78 cm high, 285 cm wide, 99 cm deep, fully Extended 409 cm wide
Lane' coffee table, oak (stamped), America, c 1960s, 36 cm high, 142 cm wide, 48 cm deep
A teak and ceramic tiled top coffee table, mid 20th century, Denmark. Manufactured by P J Jeppesen Mobelfabrik, stamped with makers stamp. Height 43 cm. Top: 175 x 60 cm
A Marchetti Fg 648 Vanigla extension dining table, made in Italy, in solid walnut, the table top extends with three leaves featuring oak and maple inlay above a splayed legged base with wrought iron supports, 78 cm high by 120 cm wide and 220 cm long (clos