Certainly looks like oak to me. Original casters, also, I think. I love it too but there are many folks on this forum who are much more knowledgeable than I as to age, etc. and I'm sure you will hear from them!

I thought posted to this....yes oak....great table....late Victorian...about 1910 to 1920...presaged the later revival of Jacobean revival that happened about 1930.

When did the Victorian period end ? Love your floor.

Thanks Linda I learn a lot from you

What a lovely table! And thanks for (inadvertently) confirming my choice to go with pressback chairs for my table from this time frame. I am going for a rural/farmhouse late Victorian/early post-Victorian look for my living and dining rooms. Less ornate, less cluttered than an urban/wealthy home, but with the same major design points. I think I am doing well with my lace curtains, Persian rug, and microfiber sofas that look like velvet at a quick glance. I need a fancy wall clock and some needlepoint throw pillows, though.

It's a beauty. I sure wish I still had mine. (The ex got it in the divorce)

A rural farm house of that period sure wouldn't have had persian rugs! Bare floor would be more in keeping with that period for the dining room, and the parlor might have had a faux Oriental rug or a braided rug or woven rag. I knew a woman who had a going business weaving rag rugs in 24 inch wide strips to be sewn together into a room sized carpet.
Those fancy oak gingerbread clocks were kitchen clocks, not for "the front room" at all.
I began going to farm sales in rural and small town iowa in the early 60's. And many of the homes who's contents were being auctioned, had not been touched for many years, nor the barns and sheds cleared out! What goodies there were then ....and every so often I remember things I didn't buy. Horse fly nets, soapstone foot warmers ( well I did buy a couple of them!) cobblers tools and benches, lard presses, cider presses, churns of all sorts, hand cranked cream separators....etc etc!

You all are wonderful! Great info, linda, thank you. And thanks so much for everyone's nice comments :)

DH didn't like this table at all when I brought it home...but I'm so happy I kept it anyway!

The Persian rug is in the living room, which is contiguous with the dining room. And the rug, while real wool and hand-knotted, is a "second" with variations in color and missed bits that give it an old, well-used, has definitely seen better days look. The dining room has a wood laminate floor, left plain. Rugs in a dining room just don't make practical sense.

What do you mean, oak gingerbread clocks? Can you post an image? Bear in mind I am going for "feel" more than historical authenticity. Clock will go in dining room, and I am considering a couple of Ebay Syroco clocks from the mid-sixties that are faux gilt, and while wildly outside what was actually used then do follow the Victorian pattern of making the mundane decorative whenever possible. The other clock possibility is a steampunk gears showing style.

So funny you mentioned rural farmhouse, cathy. We're definitely rural farmhouse! Nothing fancy here :)

Cute house! And I love the table and those beautiful floors!

This one is walnut....and I wish I had not seen it....as I am lustign for it!!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-New-Haven-Carved-Walnut-Parlor-Kitchen-Cottage-Shelf-Mantel-Clock-1879-/201733056384?hash=item2ef83a2780

I wish I wouldn't have clicked that link.