Early 20th Century English Oval Gateleg Dropleaf Dining Table
Early 20th Century English Oval Gateleg Dropleaf Dining Table
This is the table you buy before you know why.
An early 20th century English oak gateleg of commanding oval form, it was built for a kind of living that most houses claim to support and few actually do. Open, it seats eight to ten with ease. Not politely. Confidently. The gatelegs swing out like a well rehearsed gesture, turning restraint into abundance in seconds.
Then it retreats. One leaf dropped, it becomes a demilune with the posture of a console that has seen better rooms. Both leaves down, it is long, narrow, architectural. A piece that waits without looking like it is waiting.
The oak carries the kind of surface you cannot fake. Warm, honest, touched by time rather than design. This is not a special occasion table. It is the table that creates the occasion. Dinner, work, flowers, clutter, candles, people. It absorbs all of it and asks for more. You will wonder how you lived without it.
OVERALL: 94 in. W x 59.5 in. D x 29 in. H
CLOSED: 94 in. W x 23.75 in. D x 29 in. H