Featured Wanting Additional Info on Table

I purchased this table and love but I’m trying to learn more about it.

From the bottom marking it might be a Drexel Heritage piece. Is it a side table or book shelf? What’s the age?

The second marking is from the marble top. I’m trying to find out if the marble was original or was added later. Any help or guessing would be greatly appreciated!

 

nice table , marble looks original....
the date is one of those number thingys.....

not much of an antique.....

 

Post WW2 is possible. Heritage may be the line name. DMC is likely the manufacturer's logo.

 

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If that's a "cultured marble" top, the table dates squarely from the mid-60s to the mid-70s. It's not ancient. If it's "real" marble (i.e. not marble dust and some sort of resin/epoxy) the style dates it to the latter half of that anyway, from what I can remember.

 

Yes, Drexel Heritage with a cultured marble top. Due to (you guessed it) cost, real marble hasn't been used much since World War II. The differences are obvious. Cultured marble is not cold to the touch, doesn't weigh nearly as much, and is in fact mostly resin and pigment, with a few stone particles thrown in.

Does any part of this piece rotate? If so, then it's a rotary bookcase. If not, an end or side table. Anyway, it could date to just about any decade after WW II, reflecting a kind of Victoriana meets Colonial Revival aesthetic with results intended to shout "classy" to fellow suburbanites, and "big margins" to the manufacturer.

 

I have side tables with what's supposed to be cultured marble on top. The tops weigh a ton. The look early 70s but work fine for holding lamps and other stuff.

 

Wow this forum is amazing! I’m learning so much! Thank you everyone for the information!

It doesn’t rotate so it would be called a side table (thank goodness because that’s how I am using it). The top is ridiculously heavy but not cold to the touch so cultured marble.

I honestly didn’t know there were so many interesting pieces made after WW2.

 

I would say this is a side table or end table. If it rotates, I think the idea was that you would store some reading material in it next to a sofa or chair and then sit down to a good book that you could reach for. A lamp was generally on top. At least if I'm remembering correctly.

It's a very attractive table. I like it a lot and the marble is a nice color.

 

Not much to add to what the others have said. Might be considered a drum table, though most have legs.

 

It does seem to have feet.

 

It’s a flat base with no feet. So I guess it’s just a side table. Also the marble top is cold to touch. How cold is cold to know if it is real marble?

 

Real marble is VERY cold to the touch. Cultured marble is cool. A real marble top would probably just lift off of the top of the piece, held on by it's own weight. Cultured marble would probably be glued or fastened in some way. Real marble of that size and shape would probably be beveled while a cultured piece would be formed in a mold. A real marble piece would would likely be in a contrasting color to the base; Carrera marble is by far the most common type found on furniture: it is white with gray striations. A cultured piece would likely be tinted to match the base.

 

The top comes off and it isn’t held on with anything other than it’s weight. I’ll do more research online to learn more about marble.

I really appreciate all the info!