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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark737, post: 3990582, member: 14894&quot;]Agree that the &quot;1897&quot; was likely a model number, not a date.&nbsp; Saw another Lexington drop leaf Phyfe-style table with the number 1834 stenciled underneath.&nbsp; It also had this great description of the woods used.&nbsp; Not sure if it&#039;s totally accurate but it sounds like the person knew what they were talking about.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><i>Early in the 20th century the idea of “lumber core” plywood became the norm in the manufactured furniture industry in America. This new “wood” started with a solid lumber core of an inexpensive wood such as gum or poplar which was very nearly the thickness of the anticipated finished panels. In some cases oak was used even then as the core on better grades of furniture. Then cross bands of veneer, also of an inexpensive wood, roughly 1/20 inch were applied to both sides of the core with the grain running at a ninety degree angle to the grain of the core. Finally the piece was finished off with the application of another layer of cheap veneer on the bottom of the panel and a layer of face veneer, usually mahogany or walnut, on the top surface with the grain running in the same direction as that of the core. The resulting five layer veneer sandwich was now stable enough to be used as a table top, dresser top or drawer front. This lumber core plywood was the foundation for most American furniture manufactured from 1920 to 1960. The skirt, pedestals and legs are made of a secondary wood called red gum that has been stained to look like mahogany.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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