yes mart, i read on that seng website they did metal work even for war efforts back in the day, but i was confused because it said "pats. pend". so i'm not sure when to try and date the table. weren't library/draw leaf tables pretty popular back in victorian age? this is what leaves me stumped. if seng were a metal parts manufacturer, contracted by furniture companies to supply mechanisms for them, would it not be seng with the patent? if so, then how and when were these applied for? i found something regarding patents, but couldn't find this particular item. this is what i was using to try and date the table. i kinda figured jacon4 is reproduction. i only knew of the style tudor by looking in one of the books on ebay that had a page that listed legs and then a table of contents with page number in "seng book" regarding the style of legs. i think i also read where this furniture was sold by salesman that had sales books and specifics you could send into the company to give koo-doe's for the salesman. i just wish i could find the company who manufactured the table. i think i read seng went out of the metal business in like 1949 or a little later. so... i was trying to piece together the pats pend with manufacturer. my nana came from new england, but her daddy came from canada, which would make sense with the wisonsin thing.
thank you for all of your replies. it is so interesting to try and piece together information from such a long time ago, when it was "common knowledge" back in the day...