antique table

[ameru]

I recently received this table from Newfoundland (see pics). 
I am not sure what kind of a table it is.
The circular top spins around though it may once have been fixed and may now be broken.
There are 4 drawers in the table - one of which is visible in the picture of the side view.
I am not so interested in the value of the table but am interested in what it was originally designed for.

thanks in advance for any help

ameru

[cogar]

Do a Google "image" search for ....... Drum Table.

[mart]

could have been designed as a side table for a sitting area,,but in order to access all the drawers if you were sitting it would need to spin !! Look under the drum top and see if thats how it was made !!

[ghopper1924]

It seems too small for a gaming table of some sort, plus you wouldn't want casters for that. Yet the top looks "festive."

Looks like very early 20th century, designed not as an end table but to stand alone for access to all sides, perhaps as a kind of small foyer table/plant stand. The water rings on the top make it look as if it has been used for that purpose at some time in the past.

[KC]

Please list height, measurement of base.

Please post a picture of the underside construction of the base and the table top!

NICE TABLE BY-THE-WAY!  I believe you have a revolving drum table - they did make them this way.  Some were open for books (more common) and others had drawers.

[ameru]

thank you all for your comments and input.

to answer a couple of questions, table top is 21.5 inches diameter, height is 28 inches,
there are no casters although it does look as if it might have been designed for such, only the top 3/4 inch disk rotates
no the part with the drawers in it.  This is what makes me wonder if it is just broken.  There are signs that the top had
been glued down but I wonder if that is a later fix.

It does seem to be a drum table but none of the on-line images have a support system like it.

thanks again

ameru

[ghopper1924]

The vast majority of drum tables I've seen are colonial revival ca. 1930-1950, from companies like Duncan Phyfe. Although this table resembles those superficially, I think it is decades earlier.

I'll reiterate: Very early 20th century or even late 19th. It looks like Empire revival, late Victorian or post-Victorian, particularly the bundled colonettes. I'll stick with the small center table function, since the drum does not rotate; therefore, there needs to be open space on all sides to access all the drawers. It also works as a plant stand whether the top rotates or not. I'm inclined to think that it doesn't, based on what Ameru said.