I AM LISTING TODAY A EARLY 19TH. CENT. TRADITIONAL FARMHOUSE TABLE ORIGINATING FROM NORMANDY IN RURAL FRANCE.
THIS TABLE COMES COMPLETE WITH SIX COUNTRY CHAIRS WHICH WERE PURCHASED WITH THE TABLE AND SUIT IT PERFECTLY.
ALTHOUGH ONLY SIX CHAIRS ARE INCLUDED IT WILL COMFORTABLY SEAT EIGHT.
THE TOP IS A HEAVY QUALITY PLANKED PINE. THERE IS SLIGHT SHRINKAGE, WHICH IS QUITE NORMAL WITH TABLES OF THIS AGE. IT HAS EXCELLENT PATINATION. IT HAS TWO DRAWERS, ONE IN THE MIDDLE WHICH IS SLIGHTLY WORN , AND ONE AT ONE END. THE KNOBS ARE RECENT REPLACEMENTS.
THIS TABLE HAS BEEN IN DAILY USE FOR THE LAST CENTURY, AND HAS USAGE MARKS WHICH ONLY ADD TO ITS HISTORY, AND CHARACTER. ALSO, BEING FRENCH, IT HAS HAD WOODWORM, LONG GONE, WHICH EVERYTHING OF ANY AGE HERE SUFFERS FROM. THIS HAS BEEN TREATED WHICH I ALWAYS DO WITH FRENCH FURNITURE TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE.
IT STANDS ON SQUARE SHAPED STURDY LEGS, WITH NO SIGN OF WOBBLE.
THE SIX CHAIRS INCLUDED ARE IN GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION WITH TRADITIONAL SEATING. NO EVIDENCE OF WOODWORM.
IF YOU CLICK ON LARGER PICTURE IT WILL HOPEFULLY SHOW YOU MORE THAN I CAN SAY.
THE TABLE MEASURES 84 INCHES LONG............JUST OVER 7 FEET.
29 INCHES WIDE.
30 INCHES HIGH.
26 INCHES KNEE HEIGHT.
THESE TABLES ARE VERY SOUGHT AFTER HERE AND ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND, AND MAKE A GOOD INVESTMENT.