Table
1600-1650 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
On loan to Ordsall Hall Museum, Salford
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Oak, turned and carved |
| Brief description | Oak, carved, English, c1600-50, 79/321 |
| Physical description | Carved in front with conventional floral ornament, the six bulbous legs, which are joined by stretchers, being carved with floral designs. |
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| Style | |
| Object history | Bought from Henry Cross, 51 Mosley St, Manchester for £250, 'Rubbed and cracked' (registered file RF 14/2839M) Mr. Cross stated that the table came from a farm near Whitefield (Bury), Lancs. and that he had known it in the farm for 25 years. On long-term loan to Ordsall Hall Museum, Salford, since 1982. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | On loan to Ordsall Hall Museum, Salford |
| Bibliographic reference | Murray Adams-Acton, Domestic Architecture and Old Furniture (1929), p.53 and fig.93
'...beautifully-carved refector tables are conspicuous features of this period' [Elizabethan and Early Seventeenth Century] |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.45-1914 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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