French Cooks Table

Over eight feet of waxed oak, carried on four black metal posts.

This French cooks table pairs a black metal base with a waxed oak top. The record gives no date. Cooks in large kitchens relied on long work tables like this for chopping, rolling and plating, and oak has long been a favored surface for them. The top is a single pale, slightly grainy expanse, resting on small wooden blocks. Beneath it, four slim columns stand on curved, hoof-like feet, tied together by a low horizontal rail. The look is plain and purposeful. A little over one hundred inches long, twenty-eight high.

Bring your own knives, and your own shouting.