Trestle Tables
Adaptations of 15th Century examples

Six 3' x 5' pine trestle tables were built in the Winter of 2004 by the members of the Wanderstamm household, mainly for use in our shared encampments. Inspired by period illustrations, they have also been designed to pack inside their own tabletops for transport and storage. Everything was made from 1" stock, planed to 3/4". The tables stand 27 3/4" tall when assembled, 1 1/2" when disassembled and nested.

The tenons at each end of the trestle are sideways to accommodate the use of narrow stock. Two wedges are used at each joint to prevent racking.

Max


Inspiration:

 

 

1469 -1480
Detail, Altar Panel,
Schottenstift Anmerkungen, Vienna

1425 - 1435
Miniature,
Austrian national library

 1475 - 1485
Detail, Altar Panel,
Schatzkammer des Deutschen Ordens, Vienna

Construction:


Bibliography:

Furniture and Interior Decoration of the Italian Renaissance, by Frida Schottmuller, New York Brentano's, 1921


Webliography:

Medieval and Renaissance Woodworking, by Gary R. Halstead, 1999 - 2004

Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, Picture Archives of a research establishment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (REALonline)



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