English Refectory Table

Seven and a half feet of oak, with legs like enormous carved melons.

This English refectory table is bleached oak. The refectory table takes its name from the dining halls of monasteries, and its long form was widely adopted in great English houses. Six bulbous legs, each carved with leaves and flowers, carry a frieze of inlaid rosettes and small squares. Plain square stretchers run low around the base, and the top is laid in long boards with cross-grained ends. It runs 90 inches long, 39 deep and 32 high.

Grace is optional. Elbows on the table seem fairly safe.