Antique Oak Table

Antique oak furniture is now very collectible furniture. Numerous antique oak settees, rockers, armchairs, bookcases, plus many other kinds of pieces are collected. Also valued are oak telephones, fern stands, tables, chairs, sideboards, cabinets, wardrobes, beds, dressers, commodes, benches, chests, and desks. This solid oak round top antique oak table was listed for $15.95 in a 1900's furniture catalog. This massive antique oak pedestal table has a beautifully polished top and massive carved claw feet. It is built throughout of selected oak with choice quarter-cut oak top and molded rim. The antique furniture table is perfectly round, is 42 inches in diameter, and will extend to six feet when opened out. Three well-finished solid oak leaves go with each table for use when extended. Solid pedestal base and large spreading carved claw feet; top has lock which hold securely when closed. The antique table is mounted on easy-running casters.

The best examples of antique furniture are made from White Oak. It is the ideal cabinet wood and withstands all climatic conditions. Its superiority over Red Oak is universally recognized. Some very collectible oak furniture designs are from the Arts and Crafts movement, depicting antique desks, antique bookcases, tables, chairs, bedsteads, davenports, settees, buffets, dressers, and porch swings. Antique oak library tables were made in the following sizes: 36", 42", 45", 48", 54", and 60". Antique oak parlor and bedroom tables were made in the following sizes: 16", 20", 24", 30". Another high-class antique oak pedestal table in solid quarter-cut oak; has 45-inch round top with heavy four-inch rim, massive round solid pedestal with large This pedestal table extends six feet when open. This antique oak furniture was listed for $16.65 in a 1900's furniture catalog.