New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Refectory Table

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureItalian

Date17th century

MediumOak

DimensionsOverall: 35 x 37 x 103 in. (88.9 x 94 x 261.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Irene Leache Memorial Foundation

Object number2014.3.20

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 204

DescriptionThis is a large refectory table with a drawer in each end. The top is made of two large planks, kept in place by their weight. The base of the table has four small rectangular frames carved on each side, as if to look like four drawers. The four legs are ornately carved; the curvature ends in a ball at the base. The shorter sides are connected by a bar at the bottom. These two short bars are connected in the center by a long bar that runs the length of the table.

Label TextRefectory Table, 1600s Italian Oak Gift of the Irene Leache Memorial Foundation 2014.3.20 ProvenanceGift of the Irene Leache Memorial Foundation to the Chrysler Museum of Art, March 2014.