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Post by Chuckie on Mar 2, 2012 16:03:48 GMT -5
Okay gang, I don't know exactly WHAT you call this type of table, but here she is. Opened ALL the way, it's just shy of 115 inches!!! Closed is 60 x 43: Ok, no guarantee on these, as I downloaded them all by my lonesome!! ;D Here's a pic closed: With tape showing 60" length closed: Here's the undercarriage. We removed those legs to transport (they have about a 1/2 bolt coming out the top that screws into the underneath. Those babies are SOLID oak w/oak veneer on the outside--bet they each weigh 25 or 30#'s!!! BTW, that's a Boston ear you see by that one leg! Now here's one leaf--note how they slide under the table, pop up and then fit right in--you can see the front lip of leaf two under the table top: And one leaf installed all the way: Two leaves: This shows that two leaves are approx 28" long: Here she is, open all the way (that means the other two leaves were pulled out the other end of the table as well, or adding approx 56" to the already 60" table: Here's a blurry view of the 115" on the tape: And the LAST SHOT is the long view of it open:
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Post by cinnabar on Mar 2, 2012 16:31:18 GMT -5
Nice, you may want a large lace cover for the top for protection. Is there enough room for all of us to come and eat?
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Post by lwagne on Mar 2, 2012 17:02:19 GMT -5
Wow - that is beautiful. A friend of ours had one made like that - Amish in Jamesport, Mo - with the place for the leaves under. Really neat!!! Auction?? or have you left the Leavenworth shops with nothing again??
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Post by divecchio on Mar 2, 2012 23:07:36 GMT -5
HOLY COW! that's amazing.........cute little guy under the table, too...... does he/she get his/her own chair?........plenty of room....beth
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Post by ronruble on Mar 2, 2012 23:27:58 GMT -5
"HOLY COW! that's amazing" is the under statment of the day. WOW!
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Post by Chuckie on Mar 2, 2012 23:38:16 GMT -5
HOLY COW! that's amazing.........cute little guy under the table, too...... does he/she get his/her own chair?........plenty of room....beth Beth--they are BOTH spoiled--it's kinda like the old adage "where does the gorilla sleep? ANYWHERE the gorilla WANTS!!" The two of them--Madigan is the smaller, Jasper is the larger--pretty much rule the roost around here! CHEERS! Tim
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Post by Chuckie on Mar 2, 2012 23:46:00 GMT -5
Wow - that is beautiful. A friend of ours had one made like that - Amish in Jamesport, Mo - with the place for the leaves under. Really neat!!! Auction?? or have you left the Leavenworth shops with nothing again?? I found it in KC craiglist, just under "antiques". It was listed as "N.E. Kansas", and the actual town was Troy--about a 50 minute drive north of Leavenworth. The woman originally had it listed for $475, dropped it to $450 b4 I saw it, and after we had CALLED, she dropped the price to $425. I offered her $400, and she took it. As an aside, Troy is only one or two miles from B.F. Egypt, so it wasn't like she had buyers knocking at her door on a regular basis. It IS a WONDERFUL table--none like I've ever seen b4--and we are certainly glad/fortunate to have it. Every now and then, even an old blind sow picks up an acorn! CHEERS! Chuckie
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Post by Chuckie on Mar 2, 2012 23:52:26 GMT -5
Nice, you may want a large lace cover for the top for protection. Is there enough room for all of us to come and eat? Cinn: We ALWAYS use place mats or a tablecloth with a pad under it before we sit to eat. And OF COURSE, there is room for ALL to come and eat--@ least a dozen @ a TIME, anyways!! That puppy will hold FIVE of those sized chairs in the pix on each side, with a chair on each end. Come one, come ALL--just let us know when you are heading our way, so we can slay the fatted calf! CHEERS! Chuckie
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Post by pooka on Mar 3, 2012 13:36:34 GMT -5
WOW Chuckie, That's really cool. I love the big beefy but simple legs. Those self storing leaves are a neat feature. I think they call that a Draw Leaf or Drawer Leaf Table but I've never seen one that large. You need two thrown chairs for the lord & lady of the manor for when your minions gather for your feasts. ;D
It's such a large table, it's hard to step back enough to get a good view of it.
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Post by divecchio on Mar 3, 2012 23:03:15 GMT -5
chuckie........is that a stove next to the table?.......talk about beeeeee-u-teeee-fulllllll......man - you're just full of WOW's........
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Post by Chuckie on Mar 4, 2012 0:03:04 GMT -5
chuckie........is that a stove next to the table?.......talk about beeeeee-u-teeee-fulllllll......man - you're just full of WOW's........ That baby was made here in Leavenworth--Great Western Stove Company. There was a restaurant that went out of business in a town near here that had it on display in their lobby. We paid more for IT than the TABLE!! That was back when $$ seemed to flow from TREES, so we bought it outright, as they were going out of business. They said they'd had it TOTALLY redone--except for the isinglass--at a stove place in California. I dunno if this is TRUE or not, but it IS in pretty good shape if I say so meself, but I had no hand in redoing it atall... CHEERS! Chuckie
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Post by vaporvac on Jul 21, 2012 23:41:18 GMT -5
That's really beautiful. Could you possibly share a VVbit about the wallpaper in the background.
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Post by Chuckie on Jul 22, 2012 9:27:54 GMT -5
That's really beautiful. Could you possibly share a VVbit about the wallpaper in the background. I had to follow this link back, as I'd forgotten I originated it!! The wallpaper is from the Brillion Collection--Brillion is a town in Wisconsin. Some gal bought an old drugstore (I think it was) there, and in the attic were all these original wallpaper rolls dating from 1850 to 1915 that hadn't been unrolled since manufactured. She---either via a company she started or by contracting it out---began reproducing it. This is how I remember the article about it in Victorian Homes Magazine, circa 1995 or '96 maybe?... I may have the story all wrong, but that's the gist of it. Our wallpaper as seen in the pictures was circa 1882--the year our house was built. It was FAR from inexpensive, let me tell you THAT much!!! We could've NEVER afforded it, 'cept I got an insurance settlement, so we just closed our eyes, clicked "purchase", and then had heart failure when the credit card bill came in!!! What FINALLY convinced us to buy it was when we were tearing the plaster/lathe off the outter walls so we could insulate it, the ORIGINAL wallpaper on the wall from 1882 was so remarkably like it, it was uncanny. It was eerie enough that it made the hair on the back of your neck stand up. We figured that was an 'omen' to purchase the paper, which I had discovered via Victorian Homes magazine a FULL YEAR b4 we uncovered the original paper in our house... Here's a link to the cite--hope you got DEEP pockets or get a nice settlement like we did : www.victorianwallpaper.com/7312.htmlCHEERS! Chuckie
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Post by vaporvac on Aug 25, 2012 13:48:39 GMT -5
Wow! I just now noticed that you responded to my query. Is there some setting I missed that could send notice of follow-up comments directly to my email? I guess I sould post that to the forum. Anyway, great website. The prices are about standard for that quality of paper; I've seen Scalmadre for much more. However, I've yet to buy any! I wish there were a better representation of later styles more suitable for my 1914 home. I found original fragments of the DR chinoiserie mural and a fantastic dragonfly pattern in deep rich colours in my LR. I saved both and would love to have them replicated. Unfortunately, they had been painted over; I was only able to save what was underneath molding that was added later. Your adds so much to the overall feel that it's hard to imagine it any other way. Your house reminds me of that belonging to oldhouseguy.com you should check out his site as well as his very informative blog. There's a link from his web page. Good stuff for us old stuff nuts. I'm sure you've already found jitterbuzz.com Thanks for the reply. VV
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Post by pooka on Aug 26, 2012 15:46:38 GMT -5
vaporvac, have you looked at any paper designs from Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers at www.bradbury.com. They have some beautiful Victorian patterns. I became aware of them from David Bromstad's makeover show called "Color Splash" on HGTV. He used some paper from the "Arts & Crafts II: Landscape Friezes" collection at the top of one wall like a wide boarder. I can't remember if it was the "Lands End Frieze" or the "Birchwood Frieze", but they're both beautiful. www.bradbury.com/ac2_landscapes.htmlLands End FriezeBirchwood Frieze - Rookwood No offense, but the Victorian designs, as beautiful as they are, are a bit too rich & overpowering for my taste. They are very appropriate for a house of that era, but I would find them distracting, personally. Then again, I live in a 1939 house, so anything like that would be out of place in the small rooms in my house. Bradbury & Bradbury does have some Art Deco Borders that I like & would look good in my house, but when I moved in here nineteen years ago we put up boarders in all the rooms except the bathroom. My roommate picked out all the paint & boarders except the living room boarder. We ordered one pattern, but canceled it when I found something I liked better by chance while at the home center. This is my favorite one in my bedroom. And this is from my living room. They both have an older aesthetic feel to them, but aren't overbearing. Most all really fine wallpaper is pricey, but in the right place, there's no substitute for the effect & atmosphere they add.
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Post by jhmack on Sept 1, 2012 8:31:49 GMT -5
This table is as long as the NILE! It is like you should sign a Treaty on it or something....amazing. Good find!
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Post by Chuckie on Sept 1, 2012 10:38:51 GMT -5
This table is as long as the NILE! It is like you should sign a Treaty on it or something....amazing. Good find! LOL, it DOES cover some area when fully extended. We've only needed that much room maybe three times since we've gotten it--SO FAR! It was in incredible shape, and the price was BEYOND good! CHEERS! Chuckie
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