Return to Home Page * oak dressers, sideboards, cabinets, low dressers and other oak furniture * oak tables, refectory tables, carved oak furniture * oak chairs, dining chairs, carved oak chairs and other oak furniture * oak coffee tables, cabinets, oak side tables, candlesticks and other oak furniture * oak four poster beds, carved four poster beds, wardrobes, oak coffers and other oak furniture * oak bureaux, writing desks, oak settle, oak bureau and other oak furniture * sofas * pewter plates, candlesticks, jugs, tumblers, dishes and decanters, cushions and tapestries * Information about buying from Tudor House
Call tudor house
 

GLOSSARY
 

REFECTORY TABLE
 
Long, narrow table named after the refectory (dining room) of the monks in of the Middle Ages, in which it was first used.
A refectory table was usually made from oak, hence Oak refectory table. See also trestle table.
 
Return to glossary index
 
dressers refectory tables dining chairs National Trust
 
  © 2003-2008 The Manor, The Square, Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, UK. GL54 1AF
Tel: +44 (0) 870 111 8799.
Partners: Quentin NC Thomas & Lynne G Thomas. VAT Reg No: 815 6843 13
Information Terms & Conditions Sitemap Feedback Text Only
   
 
Site Search