Antique Dining Table

There is such a selection of antique dining tables on the market. Many come from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Lots of different types of woods are available also from mahogany, burl walnut, and rosewood.

Some of the antique dining tables you might run across when browsing are quite unique. Let me guide you. In browsing the antique dining tables, you might find Catalan, a baroque period table. In solid carved walnut with lyre-shaped legs and wrought iron stretcher, it is late 17th or early 18th century. An extraordinary find would be a Jacob period drop-leaf banquet table. It seats 45 people when fully opened . It is in solid walnut with turned legs ending in brass castors, fourteen center legs, seventeen original leaves in oak. It is early 19th century. Maybe you will run across a French, Louis XV extension dining table in solid carved walnut that comes from the second half of the 19th century.

A restoration period , extending dining table in solid mahogany and flame mahogany veneer with fluted tapering legs from the early 19th century would excite you. An antique oval dining table able to seat 6 comfortably can easily be found . Early Georgian style of well-figured mahogany makes this table exquisite.

Collecting anything antique or modern, is limited by two factors: the money available and the space to be filled. Having determined these two basic things, it is then a personal matter. The taste of the collector may lead to watches, china, furniture or any other thing. The lucky acquisition of an admired piece may lead to the determination to get more of the same or at least to find out what all the admiration is about. When collecting or browsing for antique dining tables, first you need to find out the age of the piece, find the maker or its nationality, find out how rare it is, and what it is worth. The general look of a piece of furniture tells the expert whether it is old or not, but this is a matter of experience. If you are interested in old furniture, see as many pieces as you can. Go to museums where you are certain of the authenticity of the pieces. Slowly the eye and the mind can be trained to recognize whether the appearance of a piece is true or not.

Old American dining tables are rarer than English, much of it is already in museums in the United States and there is a large number of keen collectors to compete for every piece. 17th century furniture resembles that made in England some fifty years earlier. In the first half of the 19th century, an American version of the Sheraton furniture was very popular. American collectors eagerly seek old country-made antique dining tables and there is great interest in Windsor chairs and similar pieces which resemble closely their European originals. Then in the 18th century German settlers made versions of tables and they are referred to as Pennsylvania Dutch. They are mainly in light-colored fruit woods and these are very popular in the United States.

Antique dining tables can be a beautiful addition to any home. Whether collecting or buying for your home, you can rest assured that they are quality furniture that no other can stand against. Use care and caution in cleaning and polishing the wood on the antiques, you don't want to damage the old look or streak it.