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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Phil Harrison, post: 819964, member: 11507&quot;]hello everyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Glad to be a member of your forum - thank you for having me.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I’ve chosen to register today is in order, hopefully, to gather a little more information about a table I’ve recently acquired. If anyone can help then I’d be immensely grateful.</p><p><br /></p><p>The table has a square, planked top with a shaped edge and a planked undertier. Turned legs. Pegged construction. Complete, tapered feet. Top measures 2ft square; height is around 30 inches. Pine construction throughout.</p><p><br /></p><p>What appeals to me most about the piece is the combination of turquoise and brick-red/brown paints and in particular the lozenge motif painted onto the top. These paints have not been scraped back - the patina and wear appears to be entirely naturally produced. I think that I recognise both the paint colours and the lozenge motif as 1700’s/1800’s design tropes but wondered whether you could perhaps help me any further in terms of age and likely origin?</p><p><br /></p><p>You are seeing it in the condition I found it and so hasn’t yet had a wax and polish. One other detail - the turquoise appears to overlay the red/brown, not just on the table top but elsewhere. In places the turquoise has rubbed away, leaving red/brown paint beneath. Presumably the table was wholly red/brown at some point, with the turquoise added later?</p><p><br /></p><p>Very many thanks in advance and apologies for the crummy photos. I can provide more at the weekend if anyone wishes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Phil, Lancashire, England.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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