Farmhouse table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Oak
Measurements
76 x 278 x 77 cm
Place of origin
Wales
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Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509671
Summary
An oak farmhouse table, almost certainly Welsh, circa 1780, the cleated twin-plank top with plain friezes and square chamfered legs joined by a central stretcher, unusually with an additional vertical support at each end with corner brackets.
Provenance
Owned by Mary Clementina Benthall (1879-1960) and recorded in the 1957 list of pictures, furniture etc suggested for retention at Benthall Hall by the National Trust. Transferred to the ownership of the National Trust with the contents of Benthall Hall in the Deed Of Gift made by Mary Clementina Benthall and dated 8th August 1958. Recorded in the Inventory Of National Trust Property At Benthall Hall dated 1st October 1963.