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Hi all,
Just joined and have fallen in love with this forum. I can finally spend some time in a place which such great images.

Can anyone assist on dating this table to a decade?
Thanks in advance, Marcus.

 

Not new repop for sure; those drawer sides are THICK wood. It wants to be earlier Victorian, but a) I'm no expert and b) we can't see the dovetails or the underside.

 

Here you go, underside images and dovetails from the drawer.

 

Such a pretty table!
I'd say 1880s but I'm not 100% sure. The wood is gorgeous

 

I think 1880 is about right but could be a tad earlier. Looks like a transitional piece from the renaissance revival period. Wood is mahogany. English in origin?

 

It's a bit chunky and someone has put FAR too much French polish on it. May well be from my side of the pond: those thick drawer fronts would be mid 19th I'd think.

 

Very nice table . . . agree, mid-late 19th c. The finer custom shops made this sort of piece - note hand cut dovetails. Sure would look wonderful with antique chess pieces on it.

 

@marcus mckay @verybrad , would I be going out on a limb to suggest this may have been Indian made and brought back to England or Imported ? That's a bit crude joinery that in no way detracts from a very interesting piece...

 

I'm not seeing anything that suggests India as an origin.

 

Sorry it looks to me to be circa 1950 Italian reproduction of a Victorian work/ games table, lots of this kind of thing came in to the U.K around that time and with some neglect and poor French polishing can start to look older than it really is, I hope this helps.
Brian,
Park Antiques, U.K

 

Yeah, I am going with Brian on this one.
Although way out of my area of interest & knowledge, it just doesn't look like 19th century English construction to me, much too "heavy" for one thing.

 

Agree, feels like a reproduction.

Would mahogany be the usual thing for drawer side boards on an original UK piece from, say, 1860?

Def. not in the U.S.

 

No but could be if made after 1900 in USA ! Does not look to be English,, it is way too heavy !

 

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https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/t...NEk0aIYkl7CmCQU2Jp4aAtXZEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Above is a similar weighty table !! This one is dated 1890 and that is close enough to turn of the century ! Mahogany was not an expensive wood back then ! This one is walnut,,also a less expensive wood !

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