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Rare 17th Century Olive Wood Oyster Side Table
Holmes Antiques
for sale €14,040     $15,240
£12,000

Holmes Antiques

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Rare 17th Century Olive Wood Oyster Side Table

17th century
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Description

An outstanding late 17th Century Olive wood oyster Side Table of rare small proportions having wonderful faded colour and patina.

The top is lavishly decorated with oyster veneer and geometric boxwood stringing. The fabulous original twist legs are made in Ash as is very often the case at this period, the bun feet are later replacements. The clean original drawer linings are made in Oak, the ground wood for the veneer is pine. The table tips up to reveal the kind of clean dry golden untouched surface that we love to see.

Physical Dimensions
Height
69cm (27.17")
Width
79cm (31.10")
Depth
57cm (22.44")
Declaration

Holmes Antiques has dated this Olive Wood Side Table to the 17th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA785597
Dealers Notes

Holmes Antiques was established in 1932

We are a family business with a shop on Haworth Main Street in West Yorkshire.

We specialise in early English furniture

With the emphasis on quality, originality, colour and surface.

David Holmes has developed a reputation in the antique trade as one of the country's leading experts on early English Oak, Walnut and Mahogany furniture.

Christian Holmes is the 4th generation of the family to deal in Antique furniture

www.holmesantiques.co.uk

Description
An outstanding late 17th Century Olive wood oyster Side Table of rare small proportions having wonderful faded colour and patina.

The top is lavishly decorated with oyster veneer and geometric boxwood stringing.

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The fabulous original twist legs are made in Ash as is very often the case at this period, the bun feet are later replacements.
Holmes Antiques

The clean original drawer linings are made in Oak, the ground wood for the veneer is pine. The table tips up to reveal the kind of clean dry golden untouched surface that we love to see.

Height
69cm (27.17")
Width
79cm (31.10")
Depth
57cm (22.44")
Date of Manufacture

Holmes Antiques has dated this Olive Wood Side Table to the 17th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA785597
Holmes Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Jan 2011

Leading experts on early english oak, walnut and mahogany furniture. Established in 1932.

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An antique olive wood side table featuring geometric oyster veneering on top, a single drawer with a brass drop handle, four barley twist legs, and a curved stretcher base.
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Archive I An antique olive wood side table featuring geometric oyster veneering on top, a single drawer with a brass drop handle, four barley twist legs, and a curved stretcher base.

Rare 17th Century Olive Wood Oyster Side Table

Archive II An antique olive wood side table featuring geometric oyster veneering on top, a single drawer with a brass drop handle, four barley twist legs, and a curved stretcher base. View II
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Archive V An antique olive wood side table featuring geometric oyster veneering on top, a single drawer with a brass drop handle, four barley twist legs, and a curved stretcher base. View V
Archive VI An antique olive wood side table featuring geometric oyster veneering on top, a single drawer with a brass drop handle, four barley twist legs, and a curved stretcher base. View VI
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Holmes Antiques
Telephone 07729 347 159
Location
West Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/holmes
Verified Since Jan 2011
Items For Sale 225
Items Sold 547
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An antique olive wood side table featuring geometric oyster veneering on top, a single drawer with a brass drop handle, four barley twist legs, and a curved stretcher base.
Rare 17th Century Olive wood Oyster Side Table
Ref: SA785597
An antique olive wood side table featuring geometric oyster veneering on top, a single drawer with a brass drop handle, four barley twist legs, and a curved stretcher base.
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FAQs

Oyster veneering is a decorative technique developed in the late 17th century, where thin cross-sections of small tree branches or trunks are cut on the transverse grain and laid out in repeating circular patterns resembling oyster shells.

English cabinetmakers typically utilised olive wood, walnut, laburnum, or kingwood for the veneer, laid over a solid oak or pine carcass and supported by turned wooden legs with brass hardware fittings.

Authentic pieces feature period details such as hand-cut dovetail joints in the drawers, spiral barley-twist legs, shaped X-form stretchers connecting the feet, and hand-forged brass drop handles.

Position the side table alongside low-profile neutral upholstered furniture or in an entry space where the geometric wood pattern can contrast against minimalist architectural backdrops.

Dust surfaces gently with a soft microfibre cloth, apply a thin coat of beeswax sparingly once per year, and position the furniture away from direct heat sources and sunlight to prevent veneer lifting.
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