Another Federal period piece

[dr612]

I thought you might like to see another period piece.  I will post the photos and see what you think.  It is a worktable with drop leaves, mahogany and mahogany veneer.  The table top and dropleaves are solid wood, not veneered.  The legs are turned and reeded, with the individual reeds being very large and somewhat roughly carved.  The dovetails are few and handcut.  I got this when I was a student in Gainesville for free, as it had some damage to the legs which has been repaired.  I use it as a night stand.  Let me know what you think.

[mart]

Is that a heart pine top (single board) or book matched ??

[dr612]

When you said pine, I had to go back and look, because I had always assumed it was mahogany.  Looking at the grain of the wood, it is mahogany rather than pine.  It is a solid board, not a veneer. 

[dr612]

I may have misunderstood the question.  It looks like the top is two joined boards, one of them about 3 inches wide and the other about 20 inches wide.  If you look on the left side of the top, you can barely see what looks like a board line.  The joint is very faint, but it is a straight line.  So, most of the top is a single board, but it has been joined to a smaller board to complete the top.

[mart]

Could be just the pic but that wide graining didn`t look like mahogany !! Looks more like heart pine from the pic !!  I saw that little board but wasn`t sure about it !! Odd that it would have been added to one side only !!  It is a nice table though !! I will give you your money back for it !!! LOL
What type are the leaf supports ??

[cogar]

That looks more like walnut or cherry to me.

And being a 20 inch wide solid board means it was cut from a log of virgin timber of probably more than 40" in diameter.

[dr612]

I am at work right now, but I will try to take a close up picture of the grain when I get home.  It is conceivable that it is walnut, as I think walnut has a visible grain, but I usually don't think of walnut as being this reddish-yellow.  I will get a picture up and see what you think.

[KC]

Do the sides "raise up" and if so, please take a picture of them raised.  Would like to see if the wood is the same!

[dr612]

I am attempting to post pictures of the wood grain and the extended leaves, and my picture size must be too large.  I will try again.  Here goes the first group:

[dr612]

Here are the extended leaves.  I will try two photos this time.

[dr612]

Here is a shot of the rotating board that holds up the leaves:

[mart]

Pics are way too big !!  Freezes my computer !!

[dr612]

Sorry.  I remember you said you had dial up.  I can't do it tonight, but I will post some lower resolution pictures shortly.

 

[mart]

See if you can do it on page 2 and I can skip these big ones !! Dial up just can`t handle large pics !!  But if made smaller we can enlarge them !!

[jacon4]

Yeah, pretty sure its mahogany with good figure on drawer fronts. Period federal stands are really functional even today and often a good buy at auction. Add in the fact that there are alot of them still around which offer collectors just starting out to own period pieces for not alot of money.