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19th Century Oak Gate Legged Occasional Table
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19th Century Oak Gate Legged Occasional Table

19th century
Description

An antique oak small gate legged occasional table, with turned supports, single end drawer and outswept feet.

Date of Manufacture

The Collector Antiques has dated this Antique Oak Gateleg Table to the 19th Century.

Physical Dimensions
Height
70cm (27.56")
Width
68cm (26.77")
Depth
68cm (26.77")
Reference Numbers
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SA675086
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20-01-29__001-gatelegtable
Description
An antique oak small gate legged occasional table, with turned supports, single end drawer and outswept feet.
Date of Manufacture

The Collector Antiques has dated this Antique Oak Gateleg Table to the 19th Century.

Height
70cm (27.56")
Width
68cm (26.77")
Depth
68cm (26.77")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA675086
Dealers Internal Ref
20-01-29__001-gatelegtable
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A 19th-century round oak gateleg occasional table featuring a drop-leaf top, turned legs, and a lower stretcher frame.
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Archive I A 19th-century round oak gateleg occasional table featuring a drop-leaf top, turned legs, and a lower stretcher frame.

19th Century Oak Gate Legged Occasional Table

Archive II A 19th-century round oak gateleg occasional table featuring a drop-leaf top, turned legs, and a lower stretcher frame. View II
Archive III A 19th-century round oak gateleg occasional table featuring a drop-leaf top, turned legs, and a lower stretcher frame. View III
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Location
25 The Bank
Barnard Castle
County Durham
DL12 8PH
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/tca
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Items Sold 37
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Location: 25 The Bank , Barnard Castle , County Durham , DL12 8PH, United Kingdom
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A 19th-century round oak gateleg occasional table featuring a drop-leaf top, turned legs, and a lower stretcher frame.
19th Century Oak Gate Legged Occasional Table
Ref: SA675086
A 19th-century round oak gateleg occasional table featuring a drop-leaf top, turned legs, and a lower stretcher frame.
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  • ObjectOccasional Tables
  • Period19th century
  • StyleEnglish Country
  • MaterialOak, Iron
  • ColourWarm Brown
  • MotifsDrop leaf design, Turned legs, Stretcher base, Gate leg mechanism
  • SizeH 70 cm (28 in) x W 68 cm (27 in) x D 68 cm (27 in)

This 19th-century English country occasional table comes in a warm brown oak with visible grain and darker markings across the circular top. The piece functions as a drop-leaf design with a gate leg mechanism and turned supports. A lower stretcher base connects the uprights, which stand upon outswept feet with distinctive cut-out profiles and block details. The top surface displays significant surface wear, scratches, and darker patches reflecting its age and history of everyday use. Measuring 70 cm high, 68 cm wide and 68 cm deep, this small table has practical proportions for placement as an end-of-a-sofa surface or beside an armchair in a living room, hallway or study. Positioned in a reception room or bedroom, the table offers a compact display surface for lamps, books or decorative items while taking up minimal floor space. The warm timber tones integrate naturally into traditional, rustic or farmhouse interior schemes, while the folding leaves provide flexibility for smaller rooms or tighter corners where surface area is needed intermittently. The sturdy stretcher frame and robust oak construction ensure steady everyday placement in a domestic setting.

A gateleg table is a variant of the drop-leaf table where the hinged leaves are supported by legs that swing outward like gates, a design developed in the seventeenth century to provide adaptable surface space.

Nineteenth-century gateleg tables were predominantly crafted from solid native hardwoods such as oak, mahogany, or walnut, joined using mortise and tenon woodwork with wooden pegs and iron leaf hinges.

Authentic pieces feature signs of hand-planing on the underside, natural plank shrinkage across the grain of the oak top, period-appropriate rule joints along the leaves, and irregular wear on the stretcher rails.

An oak gateleg table can be placed folded against a wall as a compact console, or positioned with one leaf extended alongside modern soft seating to function as an occasional side table.

Dust the surface regularly with a soft cloth, clear spills immediately to prevent water marks, and apply a thin layer of natural beeswax polish periodically to protect the timber patination.
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