Fork Table. Walnut Wood, Wrought Iron. Spain, 17th Century.

Table with fork braces. Walnut wood, wrought iron. Spain, 17th century.
Table made of carved and turned walnut wood with four A-shaped legs, two wrought iron hairpin fasteners and drawers on both fronts (four in total) decorated with plant-themed carvings. The legs have a type of turning known as “lentil”, with different types of discs depending on their width, creating a symmetrical composition, and placed above and below a simple cylindrical heel. The jambs have been carved with simplified plant shapes, and the fasteners have decoration of discs and balustrade shapes. The drawers are interspersed with “S”-shaped protruding pieces and have oval handles, and the sides have simple geometric carvings. Compare, for example, the walnut table with disc legs dating from the 17th century that is preserved in the collections of the former Municipal Museum of Madrid; with the Inquisition buffet in the National Museum of Decorative Arts in Madrid (in details such as the arrangement of the drawers); or with another walnut and pine platform table with carved drawers and lenticular turned legs from the same museum, dating from the 17th century; a Castilian buffet table from the 17th century from the Cervantes Birthplace Museum (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid). •
Size: 83x118x73 cms