Telephone
01798 342 333
Mobile
07803 086 828
Email
enquiries@thakehamfurniture.co.uk
Website
www.thakehamfurniture.co.uk
Postal address
Tim and Belinda Chavasse
Thakeham Furniture Ltd
Golden Square
Petworth
West Sussex
GU28 0AP
ENGLAND
19th century rosewood tricoteuse table. Tray top with a frieze drawer raised on lyre shaped ends. Turned stretcher below and raised on four curved legs.
The ‘tricoteuse’ (french for ‘knitting women’) was a nickname given to women who sat beside the guillotine and knitted while attending public executions during the French Revolution.
Circa. 1820