Help in identifying Dining Set

10 years ago

last modified: 10 years ago

Hi...I'm told this is an antique, but I've not been able to find anything like it on the internet...specifically the pedestal feet swirling up, not down.
How do I add a picture?
It's a round oak table (1800's) with a split pedestal on casters. But the pedestal is round, not octagon and the feet swirl up not down. it has a tident lock.
Thanks for any help!

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lindac92

10 years ago

But the beauty of this table is it has a split pedestal so it doesn't rock when expanded. I also grew up with one in the dining room, finished in a very dark oak. No idea where it came from originally, byt it was in my grandmother's house in 1926...for sure because I have pictures....then went to our house as a card playing table in the finished basement room, then when we moved to a house with a dining room, the table came too.
No idea what to ask....I think the bottom has dropped from the golden oak market. Check completed sales on ebay and take the cost of shipping into consideration.

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Original Author
10 years ago
It also has the 5 leaves in the original case. and 4 chairs with original leather seat.
lindac92
10 years ago
It's circa 1910 to 1925 golden oak round oak table and a set of chairs from the same era. The shape of the pedestal and the up turn or down turn of the legs has nothing to do with much. The table has a quarter sawn veneer apron and pedestal and likely the top is veneered too.
The chairs are Chippendale style and don't "match" the table but for the fact that they are oak and from roughly the same period.....perhaps earlier. And it's possible that there is a groove for a spline to put caning in those chairs.
nice set!
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Original Author
10 years ago
Thank you...have you any idea what the value would be? I'm looking to sell this and don't know where to begin selling it. Thanks so much for your help!
jemdandy
10 years ago
Heavens to Betsy! My family had a similar table in the 1940s. I don't know its history, but knowing my family and circumstances, I'm sure Mother didn't pay much for it. It might have been a discard from another farmstead in the neighborhood. Our table was finished in a very dark color. The top slid open to accept 2 leaves. (We had the leaves.) The tops of the feet were scuffed because people (and we kids) could not keep from resting our feet on those. If there were more than 4 seated, someone was guaranteed to have a table leg interfering with their feet. Mother hated that table and replaced it with a common kitchen table before 1950. Due to the overhang, it could be tipped if one leaned too hard on an edge.
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cpartist
10 years ago
The height of the golden oak buying era lately was in the late 70's through the 80's and then yes the bottom dropped. Maybe a couple hundred dollars for the chairs and table. They are not a match.
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lindac92
10 years ago
The chairs are VERY VERY nice....you really should have at least $100 per chair....they are not "typical golden oak"....the table...I love but likely won't bring more than $200 at the most.
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