Arts & Crafts Oak Refectory Table

Cotswold School curved oak dining table with double curved stretcher Joined by 3 runs with split dowelled joints Possibly Barnsley Workshop School Circa 1980

Cotswold School oak dining room suite Six seater oak table has 4 faceted 12 sided legs joined by a chamfered ‘H’ stretcher with through wedge te...

Early Arts & Crafts Wishbone Cotswold School refectory dining table in oak 3 plank top Square through-tenon jointed legs with Wishbone stretcher Maker: Sidney Barnsley Designer: Ernest Gimson Pinbury Workshop 1898 Ernest Gimson was born in Leicester, in 1864. He was articled to the Leicester architect, Isaac Barradale, and worked at his offices on Grey Friars between 1881 and 1885. Aged 19, he attended a lecture on 'Art and Socialism' at the Leicester Secular Society given by the leader of the Arts and Crafts revival in Victorian England, William Morris, and, greatly inspired, talked with him until two in the morning, after the lecture. Two years later, aged 21, Gimson had both architectural experience and a first class result from classes at Leicester School of Art. He moved to London to gain wider experience, and William Morris wrote him letters of recommendation. The first architectural practice he approached was John Dando Sedding, where he was taken on, and stayed for two years. From Sedding, Gimson derived his interest in craft techniques, the stress on textures and surfaces, naturalistic detail of flowers, leaves and animals, always drawn from life, the close involvement of the architect in the simple processes of building and in the supervision of a team of craftsmen employed direct. Seddings offices were next door to the showrooms of Morris & Co., providing opportunity to see first hand the first flourishing of Arts and Crafts design. He met Ernest Barnsley...

Arts & Crafts oak book table Octagonal top with carved oak detailing In the manner of Arthur Simpson Lakeland School Circa 1905

A substantial size English Heal's oak refectory table. Circa 1920.

This Early 20th Century Refectory Dining Table was crafted from old growth oak by French artisans in the early 1900's. The piece features wood pegged construction with a dovetailed p...

Late 20th century solid oak refectory table circa 1990. Good quality English made oak refectory table made from seasoned oak.  7 plank oak top, standing on a straight leg base with ...

A beautifully constructed wooden refectory table in the Arts & Crafts style. The table has a traditional aesthetic, with a wonderfully worn down rectangular table top made up of sev...