During the Middle Ages, robust dining tables, such as this bleached oak version, could be found in monasteries across Europe. Hand-carved in France during the 1800s, our monastery table has been bleached more recently, revealing deep graining and character-adding craftsmanship, such as mortise and tenon construction and light restoration work. The three-and-a-quarter-inch thick top is comprised of four planks, providing a large and sturdy eating surface. A pair of large, shapely trestle legs offer support to the top, assisted by a four-inch wide stretcher that is pinned through the legs by rounded pins. A third stanchion can be seen below, traversing between the top and the middle of the stretcher. The French monastery table has a warm, pleasing tan hue with traces of the original dark brown finish, and would enhance any eating area, such as a breakfast room or dining hall.

CONDITION: Very good antique condition with minor age separations and some old woodworm damage. The wood has been stripped more recently, leaving traces of the original finish and old fills and restoration work. Some slight paint rubs to parts of the legs.