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Tables --- this one or that one

7 years ago

Would appreciate insights on these two tables, incl. what might be a fair price. Both supposedly 19th century.

Table 1. about 77 x 32 x 30 H (with extensions 95 long)

It has narrower breadboard extensions -- something wonky with that one leg?







Table 2, about 83" x 32" x 30" h

There's a crack on the top.





TIA


Comments (13)

  • 7 years ago

    It's a kitchen table...the knapp joint places it clearly into the industrial age....between 1867 and roughly 1900....that is table #1.
    Can't see the dovetailing on table #2.


    nosoccermom thanked lindac92
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    I was told that the drawers of table 2 are NOT dovetailed. So, what are they?


    I do have more pictures of table 1. Is that crack a problem?






    What would be a fair price for either?

    I'd like to use it as a dining table.

  • 7 years ago

    Unless you are going to repair the wonky leg yourself or pay someone to do it, I would select the other table.

    nosoccermom thanked sheilajoyce_gw
  • 7 years ago

    I would wonder since these are supposedly kitchen tables if they are low enough to serve as a dining table. You can of course remove part of the leg. I remember kitchen tables as being tall enough to stand and prepare stuff without bending or stretching.

    nosoccermom thanked User
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Thanks os much to everybody.


    They are both 30" high, so that's fine.


    As far as price, they'd laugh at me if I offered 175.00....


    I can't tell how wonky the leg is. It's because the top lifts in that one corner.

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    I'd go with the second one, especially if the legs are chamfered on the inside corner.

    Around here, where simple but honest old tables like that are popular (and endlessly useful, and pleasing to the eye, genuine, etc) - Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada - they go for at least $100/foot, so a 6' table, say, would be AT LEAST $600. Honestly, the pricing is all over the place - it's a weird market nowadays.

    For reference: https://www.kijiji.ca/b-buy-sell/ottawa/harvest-table-antique/k0c10l1700185

    You'd probably want to think a little about how you'd use it, what chairs would suit, etc. Would you want to sit on the ends, if you were hosting a crowd? Put serving dishes down the middle, or have a buffet close by?

    We have an 8' x 2' harvest table, not dissimilar in style to the second one. It's all beaten up, layers of paint, has a tin top over the original pine planks. I love it, but it's soo skinny you're literally eating face-to-face, like Lady and the Tramp and the spaghetti, lol. I love that it's old, and the genuine article, not some crappy mass-produced Asian import made from disappearing rainforest lumber, or local rough-hewn faux thing with "reclaimed barn board" (ha!) pine boards that'll split in no time at all. You can see both in my link above!

    nosoccermom thanked bubblyjock
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Prices are the same here (DC area).

    Yes, they are a bit narrow, but still about 32". But great suggestions!

    Also, table 2 would cost me 200.00 for delivery/transportation.

  • 7 years ago

    wow......the antique farmhouse table is very different from in the midwest!

  • 7 years ago

    Very different in both size, price, and name than this portion of the Midwest. The western edge of the Midwest where I live a farmhouse table is never that narrow as all of the dishes for a meal would be required to fit on the table. In this area those tables would have been called a pantry table. The size is so that they could be moved from a pantry to the kitchen when there was a need. They were also taller so that when someone was canning there would be less need to bend over when filling jars. At most I have seen them in this area was $125 and it had been there over a year.

  • 7 years ago

    I just wanted to follow up:

    Table 1 sold for 550.00

    Table 2 for 800.00

    Both at auction, plus buyer's premium

  • 7 years ago

    Wow......need to rent a van, load up and drive East!


    nosoccermom thanked lindac92
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Yes, please do!

    Or, how far would I have to drive West?

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