Table: help

I'm kind of obsessed with this table. It's from the 1800s according to the seller.

@verybrad what else can you tell about it?

 

It's called a candlestick table.

Looks like it has been stripped of its original finish.

I'll leave it to Brad as to whether it is really 1800s or not.

He'll probably need a picture of the underside. Particularly how the top is attached to the stand.

 

As noted, a candle stand. Agree that we need more pics to determine age.

 

Don't have more pictures, can't get more

 

Looks like the top is more than a single board. If so, this would preclude it being earlier than late 19th century.

edit ; Wrote this before seeing the latest pic. Basing the comment off the split seen in the first one. Can't tell anything from the newest pic. Looks like there could be plugs or putty hiding screws ... not a good sign for it being old.

 

Ok. The table top is made of several parts.

 

Yep .... 3 board top so not old.

Here is a good example of a single board top candle stand off ebay.....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-19t...529619?hash=item4b00b6d653:g:JBUAAOSwR5dXRzQh


Unfortunately, they don't show the leg attachment. The legs should be dovetailed into the column on an old one. Like this ......

 

It could easily be close to 100 years old, just not 200. There was a big fad for Colonial and Federal period furniture in the the 1920s. Those pieces weren't always true to period. The OP's poor table looks like someone stripped at least the top.

 

Hi,
Measure it across the top several times and directions. If still round newer if slightly off could be older. Wood dries and shrinks slightly. No old table is ever perfectly round unless it has been cut round again.
greg

 

Greg this is true for old single board tops. Not so much for modern multi-board tops. The multi-board tops were made with lumber with less moisture content and the individual narrower boards shrink less. If they get wet and dry out again, they tend to split as we see in this one.

 

Hi Brad,
Thanks for your answer.
greg