A 15thC & Later Primitive French Oak Capital reserved but never before had one

but never before had one been tried and condemned to death whilst still King

One one gets the sense it would have been quite a design statement at the time of its conception

They appear to have been painted red in the first instance and there are at least three layer of paint of two or three

survive from the middle to latter part of nineteenth century Ireland

beginning in 1913

A 15thC & Later Primitive French Oak Capital reserved but never before had oneOrigin: FrenchPeriod: RenaissanceProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1400 50 & laterHeight: 19Width: 20Depth: 14The ancient French capital in oak, hailing from around the time of the battle of Agincourt, the chamfered legs added in the 19th century, the large primitive slab top with gadrooned carved frieze, now acting as a stool or chopping block. In lovely crusty condition, the whole has evidence of old worm but it is not currently present. The legs have