Elizabethan Oak Draw-Leaf Table Late 16th/early 17th century

Estate / Collection: Estate of Bartlett Burnap

The two-plank rectangular top above draw leaves and a frieze carved on the sides with scrolling foliage, animals bearded masks and centered on both sides by the Lambton coat-of-arms, the ends carved with addorsed hippocampi, the corners with applied cherub acroteria, the winged sphinx supports joined by molded stretchers, on recumbent lion-form feet.

Height 33 1/2 in (85 cm), length 82 in (208.2 cm), length extended 156 in (396 cm), depth of top 35 in (89 cm), depth of base 48 in (122 cm)

Lambton Family

Dunreath Castle, Scotland

S. W. Wolsey Ltd., 71 Buckingham Gate, London.

International Art Treasures Exhibition, C.I.N.O.A., Victoria and Albert Museum. London: 1962, pl. 62.

Arthur Davidson Limited, London.

Acquired from the above, March 6, 1972.

Literature:

S. W. Wolsey and R. W. P. Luff, Furniture in England: the art of the joiner, 1968, pl. 58.

H. Hayward, 'English and French Furntiure at the International Art Treasures Exhibition, Apollo, March 1962, pp. 5-6. fig. 1.

Overall good condition, sunfading and age cracks to top, loss of corner acroteria molding to one end, which can be seen in photograph, losses and wear to carved elements, old marks and scratches, rubbing and wear to stretchers, scuffs to recument lion feet.
Condition Report: Overall good condition, sunfading and age cracks to top, loss of corner acroteria molding to one end, which can be seen in photograph, losses and wear to carved elements, old marks and scratches, rubbing and wear to stretchers, scuffs to recument lion feet.Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and our Organization shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.Request a condition report