Antique Child Size Draw-leaf Refractory Table Oak Barley Twist Legs & Stretchers For Sale

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The top is 24” by 18 ¼”. Draw out the end leaves and it measures 40” by 18 ¼”.

Table Height = 20”

I’ve done nothing to it since the day I got it other than dusting away cobwebs and such and placing it against one of those short return walls in the living room. As happens to any flat surface in our home, it was soon crowded with vases, statues, pictures and all the other stuff a normal antiquer carries home and puts on the nearest flat surface.

That is how it looked the day it followed me home, sans cobwebs. I merely stood it upright, slid the leaves into place and laid the top where it belonged.

Somewhere on the planet is a little bag containing a couple bolts or screws with washers. The little sack probably has an old blue sticker on the outside. Have you seen it?

One side, the one seen above, has a few spots of white paint along the top edges, transferred there from a wall over the years. That is the side I put against my wall when I placed it in the room – not wanting to cause the cute little thing any more displacement anxiety than necessary.

Look closely at the image above, and you will notice a chip near the bottom left, above the block but below the barley twist. That is the only chip you’ll find. I’ll show you better pictures in a minute. Just keep your panties on.

What you decide to do with the finish, if anything, it totally up to you. For me, it is just fine the way it is although a coat or two of high quality paste wax would not only feed the oak but also add depth and glow to the finish.

“Wax little table” would have been on my “To Do” list had I not quit making such lists years ago. I’d add little things to the list over the years, and that was fine. I kept it under control. Then what’s-her-name, that woman I married back in the 60s, started adding little “to do” things to MY list. I burned the list the day she (her name will come to me in a minute) added one too many things for me “to do.” She wrote in letters larger than any other task in what had become a book, “Lose at least 30 pounds.”

After burning the list, I told her all those little tasks were done, and I was no longer keeping a list. It took her two days, but she finally asked, “What happened to that old cast iron fire screen I bought at the Goodwill? It’s gone.”

“Lost it,” I said. “It was too heavy to move every time I built a fire. The thing must have weighed 30 lbs.”

More images and commentary continue below my three "Prime Directives:"
1st: I never end sales early.
2nd: I don’t usually clean, repair, or otherwise monkey around with anything. I push enough dust aside to expose any flaws, but if I discovered it in some dusty attic, you can look forward to a little dust on it when it gets to your house. If it has a flaw or a wart, I'll tell you about it.
So rest easy and have some fun.

Attaching the top:

As our anxiety-ridden downsizing continues, I decided to sell the table. That was last week. When I picked it up to take it outside for photos, I realized I had never attached the top, so I went to the hardware store and bought a little assortment of doodads.

I bought the wrong size, but they will work. You see, in order for the leaves to slide in and out, there must be a little “play” in the top. It needs the ability to lift slightly for sliding the drawn leaves back in, yet settle back firmly when they are drawn. I’ll include the little assortment I bought for $15, if you can believe it. I made it work using them, but not having the table at the hardware store with me, I ended up with a LOT more length than I needed. You can use those or be smart and take the table with you to the hardware store.

Got a minute? Skip these italicized paragraphs if you want. You won’t learn anything more about the table by reading them.

An enormous part of what I consider “the essence of American life,” obliterated by one giant retailer - a soulless corporate entity whose greed is beyond measure – a monstrous omnivore whose spawn continues to devour small towns and long established family businesses. Its name needn’t be used.

With promises of prosperity in exchange for tax relief, an off-ramp or any other favor the giant wants; once peaceful towns and villages are hollow shells. Shoe stores where the owner or clerk knew you’d ask to see that brown slip-on in a size 9 but brought out a pair of 9 ½’s because they knew you, are, for the most part, gone. Storefront windows, which once displayed the newest bicycle, or the strongest work boots, or the latest developments in bathroom fixtures are now covered with dust, a “For Rent” sign in a lower corner. Cup your hands and lean against the glass. Inside, where a man or woman working behind the counter knew exactly what you needed to fix a leaky pipe, a shutter that wouldn’t shut or a stair that squeaked, is now filled with shameful emptiness.

End rant: What’s done is done, and it is too late to fix. A pox on them, a curse, I say.

Whew! I nearly had a stroke. The leaves have extensions, and they are guided into place by those blocks seen above.

Almost forgot – there is a close-up of the only chipped place of the table. I could have stained it, but when placed against a wall it is out of sight anyway, so what the heck. Even floating in a room, only the most critical eye would find it.

The table is finely crafted and solid as can be. It weighs 25 pounds, which is a LOT for a piece of furniture of its size, especially when you consider the fact that a table is a least 90% air.

NO DISAPPOINTMENTS

GOOD LUCK

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Buyer pays actual costs for safe packing and fully insured shipping. All Customs forms will state the actual selling price of items shipped internationally.

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