Carved Flip Top Table

[EZ123]

I do not know much about the table other than my father purchased it at an antique market in the 1970s...He thought it was great, my mother always thought it was maybe Mexican. The design is hand carved. The flip mech is old,there is strapping under the feet which is nailed with what appear to be handmade nails. However the top was on originally it has been screwed in with modern screws but there is one original looks hand made square nail still there. The top is made from seperate pieces and as you see it is splitting.

I am not sure if it is original or if someone has used a base and added a top or carved an existing table...

From my last go I will probably need to add pics but I am going to put up what I have...would be nice to get a start on maybe where it is from and some other basics...

[EZ123]

Top

[EZ123]

Under/Flip Mech

[EZ123]

Legs

[bigwull]

This is a flip top Occasional table,it looks like oak,circa 1800,s..the fact that it has some modern screws,in it, is most likely because the old fixings gave up the ghost at some point,the top has been done in sections simply because,you could,nt make it any other way...slices of trees, just curl up...as for the tri leg configuration...wel l,3 legs make it very stable...and the flip top made them desirable at the time..because when it was,nt in use..it could be flipped and put against the wall,....

[ghopper1924]

It looks like the base and table do go together, and I'd buy Mexico as the source. I'd agree with Wull on oak, but would say this is a bit later, probably early to mid 20th century, say 1900-1940. I'd say that the value would be somewhere around $150-$200 because of the folk art aspect, but I could be off on that.

[cogar]

If that is made of oak, ..... I pity the poor person that had to carve the design in it.

Do youse guys have oak-on-the-mind ...... or what?

[ghopper1924]

If that is made of oak, ..... I pity the poor person that had to carve the design in it.

Do youse guys have oak-on-the-mind ...... or what?
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I don't see any better suggestions coming from you!

From what I can see of the underside it looks to be quartersawn oak. Gotta call it like I see it!

[bigwull]

If that is made of oak, ..... I pity the poor person that had to carve the design in it.

Do youse guys have oak-on-the-mind ...... or what?

That design looks to have been machine done...and I don,t mean a machine with 2 hands on the end of its arms...and a sombrero on its nut...

[sapphire]

Is there a mark etched into the catch plate or am I just seeing scratches/shadows?  (No comment wullie!)


Must admit when I first opened the thread I did a double take........one less 'leaf' and I'd have to say this came from much further south. 

[mart]

Mexican or South American design,, oak,, 1930 or 40 !!  Leg style was copied more or less from American tables of same period !!

[cogar]

This is a flip top Occasional table,it looks like oak,circa 1800,s..  

That design looks to have been machine done...

Bigwull, those appear to me to be opposing statements.

and I'd buy Mexico as the source. I'd agree with Wull on oak, but would say this is a bit later, probably early to mid 20th century, say 1900-1940.

I don't see any better suggestions coming from you!

From what I can see of the underside it looks to be quartersawn oak.

I agree with the “bit later” part.

That was the best I could suggest from what I can see.  

Yes, but the top doesn’t look to me to be quartersawn.

But wattta I know, it very well could be oak.

[bigwull]

This is a flip top Occasional table,it looks like oak,circa 1800,s..  

That design looks to have been machine done...

Bigwull, those appear to me to be opposing statements.

and I'd buy Mexico as the source. I'd agree with Wull on oak, but would say this is a bit later, probably early to mid 20th century, say 1900-1940.

I don't see any better suggestions coming from you!

From what I can see of the underside it looks to be quartersawn oak.

I agree with the “bit later” part.

That was the best I could suggest from what I can see.  

Yes, but the top doesn’t look to me to be quartersawn.

But wattta I know, it very well could be oak.

If you can change direction...then so can I....its Oak!...Oak,! Oak.!! ..

[EZ123]

Thanks for all the feedback...I found a table that is very similar,minus the carving...

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/13178591_english-mahogany-tilt-top-tea-table

The picture to the far right (bottom of the feet) shows the "strapping" I mentioned...nails are on par with mine

[KC]

I'm thinking oak.

Isn't this a "tilt top occasional table" versus flip top?  (Be nice!)

Looks more S American to me from the pieces we see coming through here.

Early 1900's.