Chairs for pub table

I recently purchased this pub table. I'm told it's from the 1930's which I think technically doesn't make it an antique. In any case, I like it, so I bought it. It's now our breakfast table. One problem, no chairs.

Can you guys give me some advice on what type of wood to look for in chairs? What style? They don't need to match exactly of course, but I'd like them to look nice together.

I'm open to newer chairs as long as they're solid wood.

Thanks in advance!

Sorry the pic isn't great. We're on a road trip and since we live in a rural area I was thinking maybe we could find some on this trip. Happens to be the only pic I have in my phone.

 

You need to connect with @James Conrad. He put up a 'tavern table' just in the last day or so.

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/tavern-table.22160/#post-300247

 

Hi, Jaime, and welcome!

Unfortunately, your photo is so small that it's really hard to see the details. I'm posting it, full-size, here:


It looks like a very nice, solid piece. Can you give us an idea of its size - and does it expand? (I can't quite tell what the bit in the center front, just under the top, might be? Perhaps a leaf of some sort?)

What is your home like: casual, formal, lots of colors - or not? The choice of chairs to go with it will depend an awful lot on what YOU like! I can see this table with all-wood chairs that "match" either the base or the top of the table, yet I can also envision it with some comfy, upholstered chairs...

I think that your little table offers many, many possibilities. It's lovely - and "simple" enough in design to afford lots of options!

 

Hi, yeah, photo isn't real great but looks like an english draw leaf pub table. A quick google brought this up on etsy that has 4 leather chairs with it. Windsor chairs are nice too and very comfy.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/533054...o478W1LPLfi2Ug0kVDuIHUZGyj4C0mbAaArjqEALw_wcB

 

It's a draw leaf, yes it expands on both ends, that "bit in center front" is called a "center board" that allows space for leafs. These tables are still very popular in England, where are you located?

 

Sorry about the poor quality pic. I'm on my phone and the original is too large to upload so I had to resize it. We're on the road so unfortunately I can't do it from my computer either.

Our house is on the casual side. A lot of neutral colors. We have a farm house style butcher block dining table with a rustic style handmade wooden bench. We've got some mix matched antique furniture I've had since I was a kid. We also have some newer small tables, new couches etc.

I've hunted the local antique stores looking for a pair of chairs that could work with no success. I'm up for refinishing some. I'm also up for newer chairs that coordinate.

What type of wood is the base? And the top? Should the chairs match one of those types of wood? What about color?

It's about 30"x30" and it does extend. The top comes off and the ends slide out and then the top goes back in the middle.

Thank you all for your responses

 

North Carolina

 

Maybe this pic will be better

 

English draw-leaf table from the 30s. Pic is better but hard to tell wood from this. Most such tables were oak, though this one could be mahogany.

 

Yeah, i agree, this could be mahogany base with a top that is mahogany as well banded on edges with a lighter color wood like oak, very nice if that's the case.

 

Me Too! I am in Charlotte.

 

CLOSE ENOUGH! I don't think it matters that it's technically not "antique", what matters is having interesting things to live with.

 

Thanks, I agree. I wish I had some better pics of it with me but I don't.

What part of Charlotte? Most of my family lives there. My husband is in the Coast Guard and is currently stationed in Elizabeth City. I may have to head your way to look for some chairs or start looking at online options. There's not much to choose from in EC.

 

Close to downtown.

 

Online gives you many more options no doubt but there are a couple bumps in that road. First off you have to ship it as the buyer, i have been using uship.com last 6-7 years, pretty good outfit. And two, unless auction is close, you have to rely on photo's and, pic's of furniture lie, A LOT. I don't know why that is but for whatever reason, it is much better to see piece in person and absolutely critical if it's an early piece.

 

HAPPY VETERANS DAY EVERYONE!

 

Now, I'd never call that a pub table. The one James found is a 1920s or 30s dining table to me. OPs looks oak, and may have had pseudo Gothic revival chairs. Me, I'd put four mismatched ones with it.

 

Here's a few better pics of the wood. What type of wood do you think?

I found a couple leather chairs I'm thinking of putting with it

 

MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!!!! Those are the most unusual legs I've ever seen!! Makes your table stand out!

 

Looks to be mixed woods. In the second pic, the inset panel looks like dark stained oak. The framing around it looks more like beech with a stain. Also the pic of the underside shows one piece of oak. The leg looks more like beech than oak.