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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 1551825, member: 5066&quot;]UPDATE!</p><p>I have been looking into this slate top table thingy off &amp; on since i got TORCHED on the table that started this thread.</p><p>Early american slate top tables are rare, about the only place you ever see them is in a museum, they hardly ever come to market.</p><p>It turns out, these early American tables had tops that were, you guessed it, imported from Switzerland in the first quarter of the 18th century.</p><p>This is why the tops are a different species ( usually spruce) than the table base, we imported the top and built the base here, ODD!</p><p>It is thought that these were used as dressing tables.</p><p><br /></p><p>Click Pic/s to enlarge</p><p><br /></p><p>Boston Museum of Art C 1700-1720</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]229033[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>MET, same period, imported swiss top, american walnut base</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]229034[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Black &amp; White pic of MET table top</p><p>[ATTACH=full]229035[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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