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Message:: [QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 347105, member: 6444"]I don't see this as repaired or married. It looks original to me. Could be late victorian but I would guess more likely early 20th century; further close ups of the table bottom would help. Seems to me to be a Japonism art nouveau design but could have been made into the 1920's when fringe and tacks like that were being used? Wood rails in the center meant to turn and slide under the leaves with leather pads. Looks like you got it to do that in the last picture? Be very careful cleaning it or leave it as is. I like it. I realized I could look at closeups. It is possible that someone took an existing table and did all the cloth decoration including hand embroidery and attached it to cover the legs and top. Would have been a lot of work, but some people used to have the time to do things like this before we had TVs and cellphones and the internet (all the hand made quilts and decorated ceramics we see from the 20's). The best way to decide if the decoration is original would be to see what kind of finish is on the table underneath the decoration, though clearly you don't want to damage it to see what is there. If unfinished the decoration is probably original; if varnished top and legs probably decoration added later.[/QUOTE]