Ct Tea Table

Chuck,

Stunning! A most excelent period piece, very nice workmanship. Thanks for sharing it!. I too love period furniture construction.

Ralph

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Chuck,

This is another beautiful table. To tell the truth I like this better than the other two posts. But that could be because I am biased toward cherry.

Very nice.

Thanks for the post.

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Nice slender legs!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Great work Chuck!

Love the legs

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Very nice table. When you say it will stand up to a “hard afternoon tea,” are you talking about a full-contact tea or a really intense tea?

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gorgeous
love those side leafs

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As in tea with my six year old tea, or tea with my mother-in-law tea? Which of those are a hard tea?

Lovely tea tables.

Whiskey.

Russel, See Whiskey’s post for the definition of a “hard afternoon tea”.

Whiskey, Tea with a six year old can be hard on a piece of furniture but tea with the mother-in-law…

Scott, I’m partial to cherry too especially when it’s extremely figured like this stuff.

Ralph, You card table isn’t anything to sneeze at either. Great job!

Everyone’s comments are so gracious and greatly appreciated. Thank you all.

-- Chuck Bender, period furniture maker, www.acanthus.com

that is a very nice piece. nice finish and i think that the small legs add a lot of grace to the piece. i wish i could remember where but I’ve seen something on this piece before. they were widespread until the Boston Tea Party and then the popularity went down in MA. not sure it that is right or not but i think i remember hearing it. thanks for the post!

Denis, thankfully this one is from Connecticut :)

All things “tea” lost their luster here after The Tea Party. It’s why we Americans are so hooked on coffee. The original of this piece would be pre-revolution. Great little bit of historical insite.

-- Chuck Bender, period furniture maker, www.acanthus.com

I think tea tables are gorgeous!! Chuck, yours is perfect!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas