Not on display

Gate-Leg Table

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

The following description has been transcribed from the original accession record of 1946: Gate-Leg table. Turned mahogany. Plain rectangular top with a leaf at each side. Four slender turned legs; a tapering portion above a square knob, and a baluster below, with shaped feet. Side stretchers with shaped centres between square knobs. Plain shaped end stretchers. Each leaf is supported by a hinged gate-leg of similar form to the main legs.

Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Gate-leg table
Materials and techniques
Mahogany
Turning
Brief description
Gate-leg table, English, ca. 1760, mahogany
Physical description
The following description has been transcribed from the original accession record of 1946: Gate-Leg table. Turned mahogany. Plain rectangular top with a leaf at each side. Four slender turned legs; a tapering portion above a square knob, and a baluster below, with shaped feet. Side stretchers with shaped centres between square knobs. Plain shaped end stretchers. Each leaf is supported by a hinged gate-leg of similar form to the main legs.
Dimensions
  • Height: 70.5cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • Width: 67.3cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • Length: 72.4cm (open) (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • Length: 29.8cm (closed) (Note: measurement converted from department register)
Gallery label
(pre October 2000)
GATE-LEG TABLE
ENGLISH; about 1760
Mahogany

Given by Brigadier W. E. Clark, C.M.G., D.S.O. through the National Art-Collections Fund.
Credit line
Given by Brigadier W. E. Clark CMG, DSO through Art Fund
Bibliographic reference
W.A.Thorpe, ‘The Prosody of the Turner’, in ‘The Antique Collector’, December 1952, pp. 265-72, fig. 13
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.44-1946

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Record createdFebruary 15, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O55023/gate-leg-table-unknown/
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