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AN EXTREMELY RARE HENRY VIII OAK COUNTER TABLE. ENGLISH. CIRCA 1540.

THE MOULDED TOP NOW HINGED ABOVE A THREE PANELLED FRONT CARVED WITH ENRICHED PARCHEMIN PANELS ABOVE A SHAPED APRON WITH CROSS DECORATION, THE SIDES CARVED WITH HORIZONTAL LINENFOLD. VERY FEW EXAMPLES OF THIS EARLY FORM OF COUNTER TABLE HAVE SURVIVED AND FEW RETAIN THERE ORIGINAL SLIDING TOPS, AS WITH NEARLY ALL THE SURVIVING EXAMPLES THE SLIDING BEARERS HAVE DISAPPEARED AND THE TOPS ARE NEARLY ALL NOW HINGED AS WITH THIS EXAMPLE.

FOR SIMILAR EXAMPLES SEE V. CHINNERY, PG 287, FIG 3:155. AN IDENTICAL EXAMPLE SOLD IN THE ROGER WARNER COLLECTION, CHRISTIES 20-21 JANUARY 2009, LOT 365 FOR £15,000.

PROVENANCE: RECENTLY PURCHASED FROM A PRIVATE SUSSEX COLLECTION.

STOCK NO 1589.