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  1. Leah Battle

    Leah Battle Member

    6E4F279F-B27F-420E-A924-AE7709EA96FF.jpeg 4105500E-B4B0-408F-A1FF-8B20C6A9E267.jpeg DFCE2C93-3D80-473B-8313-36066BD292FC.jpeg D86A1303-A5C4-40AE-AF90-367CCF830234.jpeg D3326868-0E0A-4EA1-ACC5-0A5123DF952B.jpeg 0BD9F894-69F0-471F-BE1B-82450A48BE44.jpeg 64DED00D-5766-445B-8E6B-9FAAEB8E05D5.jpeg Hi, everyone! My name is Leah and I live in Michigan. I bought this table off Craigslist a couple years ago and I just love it. It can use some TLC and I was hoping to get some insight into what I have before I start. :) It’s square (about 4ft x 4ft, normal table height) and does open to accommodate a leaf. I do have one that didn’t originally come with it that doesn’t match. Please let me know if I can give any other info to help!
     

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  2. Leah Battle

    Leah Battle Member

    I should add the top has a layer of veneer and the rest is solid wood. :)
     
  3. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Welcome! :)
    ~
    It's not all that unusual for leg and spindle radius rounds (my just now made up name for them) ;) to spall off and go missing. It will be hard to replace those and make them match.
    It will be easier...but not much...to find some old piece of furniture to fit missing pieces in elsewhere.
    Wait for Brad and others to pop by.
     
  4. Leah Battle

    Leah Battle Member

    Thanks very much! Would that be something missing from the bottom of the legs? I wondered about that...
     
  5. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    You're welcome! :)
    Your 3rd photo.
     
  6. Leah Battle

    Leah Battle Member

    Oh right! It does have some missing “chunks” :)
     
  7. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    'Normal' for those to be separate, glued on, sections of wood.
    Then they are 'turned' or machined in some way.
    When the wood dries out these can pop off.
     
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  8. Leah Battle

    Leah Battle Member

    Do you know what kind of wood it looks like?
     
  9. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Notice that that 'urn' is also coming apart the same way.
    ~
    Walnut maybe.
     
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  10. Leah Battle

    Leah Battle Member

    Thanks! I was thinking of staining it dark walnut, because that’s what I’m using throughout my house, but I didn’t know if that would work or not.
     
  11. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Wait for others.
    I'm not a 'furny'. ;)
     
  12. Leah Battle

    Leah Battle Member

    Will do! Thanks for your help. :)
     
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  13. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    You are most welcome. :)
     
  14. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Circa 1900. Late Victorian. These are usually oak but can't tell from your photos. Looks like it could be something else. A look at the top should help me identify the wood. These often had a fifth leg in the center to provide support when all the leaves are in.
     
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  15. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    There he is! :)
    My first reaction was oak but then saw photo 4.
     
  16. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    May be light for walnut but not certain.
     
  17. Leah Battle

    Leah Battle Member

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    Thanks, Brad. Does this help? The top is veneer. I’m not sure if it’s the same wood as the base?
     
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  18. Mill Cove Treasures

    Mill Cove Treasures Well-Known Member

    A few years ago, I had a missing "chunk" restored on an antique table. I sent some photographs off to a few furniture restorers in my area to get some quotes and was pleasantly surprised. I paid $70 for the chunk and two gouges to be repaired.
     
  19. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Looks like mahogany in this photo.
     
  20. opoe

    opoe Well-Known Member

    This table reminds me of Henri II or Mechelen style furniture, very popular in the low countries late 19th century(and in the late 20th century, 1970 and onwards), because of the patterns carved in the wood and the robustness of it all.
     
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