Help Identifying a Burl Wood dining table

Hello, I am attempting to identify the actual maker, and any other information about a dining table. No maker's marks have been found, except for a stamp from the Wabash table-slide company. The seller claimed it was from the Northern Furniture company, but no marks have been found to back that up.

The table apparently had 6-9inch leaves originally, letting it go from 66" to 120" (only 5 came with it). So any sort of information on this piece would be wonderful. Style, manufacturer, anything. I should mention that the top is a wonderful burl veneer top.

 

Hola, and welcome, Ben...
Your pictures didn't come through, for me, at least...

 

Me neither.

 

Me three.

Ben - you should read through this thread for the tips about adding pictures to a thread you have created.

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/create-a-thread-pics.107/

 

Lets try this then:

 

Interesting table that I would date to about 1920. Can't really tell you what the style is. This was a period where makers began mixing style elements to create new forms. Consequently, it often gets called simply 20th century historical revival style. There was no actual historical styles being revived but design elements were. This most closely matches Italian Renaissance designs.

With those Walter of Wabash slides, it is undoubtedly American and likely Midwest in origin. Have never heard of Northern Furniture Co. so took a look. I see that they did work in some figured veneers so could be a possibility for this. A lot of furniture was made in MI at this time so it would not surprise me. It actually really doesn't matter much who made it. If it is not by one of the top makers, the overall form and condition are the primary factors in evaluating. I can not tell what kind of wood this is from your pictures. Too out of focus.

 

I think it's quarter-sawn oak, which fits with the 1920 date and the US manufacture. Nice quality piece, doubtless. How well it sells depends an awful lot on local taste. Some things local places can't sell for love or money fly out as fast as they get them tagged in other parts of the country.

 

I don't think it's quarter-sawn oak. I have a few pieces of quarter-sawn white oak (and have worked with the wood a bit). The figured waves on the table edges simply aren't right for raw-flakes, at least not in oak. Also, the grain structure seems to be a bit more closed. It would also be a bit odd to see a book-matched, burl-wood top in a base that is quarter-sawn oak. In any event the color match is exceptionally close between the wood of the top and the edges of the table top. Given that most stains (especially in 1920) simply are not, and were not color-fast this tends to make me think that the top and sides are from the same species of wood.
I am mostly interested in trying to peg a manufacturer because this was undoubtedly produced as part of a dining set, and I wouldn't mind at least finding images of the other pieces, if not actually trying to track-down a few of the pieces.