A Monumental Late 19th/Early 20th Century English Oak Refectory Table (Provenance - Charterhouse School)
A monumental late 19th/early 20th century English Arts & Crafts oak refectory table, Circa 1900. measuring approximately 11 feet in length, originally crafted for the historic Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey.
Remaining at the school for over a century, this exceptional piece of institutional furniture was built on an architectural scale to withstand generations of daily use, serving both for communal dining and evening study traditionally known at Charterhouse as “banco”.
The table features an exceptionally robust design, with its massive oak top supported by three substantial trestle form supports, all united by a full-length central stretcher and broad sledge feet. Its character comes from traditional exposed pegged and wedged joinery, highlighting the raw quality and generous proportions of the timber.
While the exact maker is unidentified, its style and provenance strongly align with the English Arts & Crafts movement, sharing close design principles with the work of acclaimed craftsman Arthur Romney Green (1872–1945), who had a documented association with the school.
An exceptional survivor, as furniture of this scale has become increasingly difficult to find. Above all, this is a piece with a story; an imposing English oak table conceived during the Arts & Crafts period, made for one of Britain’s most historic schools and surviving there for approximately a century before passing into private ownership.
Provenance:
The table comes directly from Charterhouse School, one of England’s historic public schools, which moved from London to its celebrated Godalming campus in the late nineteenth century.
H 74cm x W 336cm x D 75cm
H 29¼” x W 132¼” x D 29½”
Remaining at the school for over a century, this exceptional piece of institutional furniture was built on an architectural scale to withstand generations of daily use, serving both for communal dining and evening study traditionally known at Charterhouse as “banco”.
The table features an exceptionally robust design, with its massive oak top supported by three substantial trestle form supports, all united by a full-length central stretcher and broad sledge feet. Its character comes from traditional exposed pegged and wedged joinery, highlighting the raw quality and generous proportions of the timber.
While the exact maker is unidentified, its style and provenance strongly align with the English Arts & Crafts movement, sharing close design principles with the work of acclaimed craftsman Arthur Romney Green (1872–1945), who had a documented association with the school.
An exceptional survivor, as furniture of this scale has become increasingly difficult to find. Above all, this is a piece with a story; an imposing English oak table conceived during the Arts & Crafts period, made for one of Britain’s most historic schools and surviving there for approximately a century before passing into private ownership.
Provenance:
The table comes directly from Charterhouse School, one of England’s historic public schools, which moved from London to its celebrated Godalming campus in the late nineteenth century.
H 74cm x W 336cm x D 75cm
H 29¼” x W 132¼” x D 29½”
#4136
£ 11,000.00
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