Table
Category
Furniture
Date
1650 - 1750
Materials
Oak
Measurements
715 x 1310 x 925 mm
Place of origin
Cotehele
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Cotehele, Cornwall
NT 347839.5
Caption
This table was probably made on the Cotehele estate during the 17th century. It is one of seven similar tables in Cotehele House, of which only one retains its original folding mechanism. They are known as 'Spanish Tables', in the belief that the design was copied from folding tables salvaged from the wreckage of the Spanish Armada. Cotehele's tables may have been made for Colonel Piers Edgcumbe (1610-66) who took up residence here during the 1650s, and extensively remodelled the interior.
Summary
Table. One of seven similar tables with folding supports of plain design. Oak.