Antique 18th Century French Oak Country Parquetry Refectory Dining Table 1680 Paintings Each door having sign-painted &

Each door having sign-painted & gilded

the cabinet having the original hand-forged metal work and standing on stile feet

writer and philosopher Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

the drawers having circular gilt-bronze drop handles decorated as laurel leaves and having a bowed garland above

Antique 18th Century French Oak Country Parquetry Refectory Dining Table 1680 Paintings Each door having sign-painted &A good antique French late 17th century country oak refectory, dining table, circa 1680. The table with a overhanging parquetry top, and having a shaped skirt on all four sides. The table is raised on baluster 'cup & cover' shaped legs. The table is joined on all sides with a stretcher, the stretchers show 350 years use! The table is of joined & pegged construction throughout. The table has just lovingly received a coat of wax in Bloomsbury's