Lizardman Oak Refectory Dining Table & Benches

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The table & benches An Arts & Crafts refectory dining table with a pair of benches all made in English oak by Martin "Lizardman" Dutton circa 1950. Superb quarter sawn graining to the table top. Each piece is signed with a discretely carved lizard to the end support.

Provenance this table and benches were originally made for the old Grammar School known as The Friary, Richmond, North Yorkshire. In more recent times they were used in the Lower Dining Hall and Lower Library of the Richmond School, North Yorkshire.

Martin "Lizardman" Dutton (1921-2009) of Huby, near York, was a Robert Thompson apprentice and craftsman during the 1940's. He signed his antique furniture by carving a lizard.

PriceSold DimensionsThe table stands 28.5" tall, 72" in length and 29" wide. Each bench stands 17" tall, 72" in length by 11.25" deep. Category Post 1940 Furniture Date c.1950 1950s Antiques Material Oak Origin British Maker Lizardman Condition Offered in excellent restored & refinished condition. Item code as157a228 Status Sold

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