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<p>[QUOTE="Ol' Bob, post: 9424374, member: 80904"][ATTACH=full]433446[/ATTACH]</p><p>The short version of the question, what is this veneer? Is this supposed to be some variation of Tiger Oak?</p><p>The rest of the story (with pics to follow), in the long ago and far away, a famous Texas author had a decent writing table at which he typed. The top is a pretty Tiger Oak veneer, the legs are like this. I imagine the table is 1920s, as he used it at least in the early 1930s, maybe a bit earlier. There are no records of when he purchased it or who from. He lived in Cross Plains, TX, a tiny town in the middle of Texas. It WAS an oil boom town for a while, and it has had a general store (Higginbotham's) since at least then. And it would hardly be surprising if that is where he purchased this table. I have crawled over it, no manufacturer's information anywhere.</p><p>Upon his untimely death in 1936, his table became his father's property. In the early 40's, he decided to move, and thus sold and/or gave away most of his furnishings. This writing table was given to the next door neighbor. Interviewed in the early 1970s, she told about the table, and showed it off for a photo. She had a number of other furnishings she'd gotten from the father. One little detail . . .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ol' Bob, post: 9424374, member: 80904"][ATTACH=full]433446[/ATTACH] The short version of the question, what is this veneer? Is this supposed to be some variation of Tiger Oak? The rest of the story (with pics to follow), in the long ago and far away, a famous Texas author had a decent writing table at which he typed. The top is a pretty Tiger Oak veneer, the legs are like this. I imagine the table is 1920s, as he used it at least in the early 1930s, maybe a bit earlier. There are no records of when he purchased it or who from. He lived in Cross Plains, TX, a tiny town in the middle of Texas. It WAS an oil boom town for a while, and it has had a general store (Higginbotham's) since at least then. And it would hardly be surprising if that is where he purchased this table. I have crawled over it, no manufacturer's information anywhere. Upon his untimely death in 1936, his table became his father's property. In the early 40's, he decided to move, and thus sold and/or gave away most of his furnishings. This writing table was given to the next door neighbor. Interviewed in the early 1970s, she told about the table, and showed it off for a photo. She had a number of other furnishings she'd gotten from the father. One little detail . . .[/QUOTE]
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