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Page 36 The Antique Shoppe April, 2017 The top of your gate leg drop leaf Without knowing what the newer
Questions & table is made of individual walnut finish is it is difficult to recommend a

specific care product. However, if the
planks glued up to make a single
Common Sense Answers surface. The legs and skirt are made finish is a hard surface finish such as
shellac, lacquer, varnish or urethane
of birch which initially had an aniline
you need to wax the table, not polish
dye stain in it to make it look more
with Fred Taylor like the walnut top. Judging from it. Use any good furniture paste wax
such as Briwax, or Howard's. Do not
the reddish color of the top, the drip
marks underneath the top and the less use any product that contains oil.
than uniform color on the legs, the Also do not use products that contain
Q. I have a Duncan Phyffe (spelling?) good book stores will have a copy for table appears to have been refinished. silicone because that will eventually
table that was left to me by my mother you to take a look. damage the finish.
and I have no idea how old it is but Your table was factory made in the
I expect it is over 50 years. It has early 20th century. The use of multiple
turned legs and is made of dark wood. boards in table tops and chair seats
I would like to know if it is worth began in the late 19th century and
having appraised and also what to use by the 20th century was the accepted
to polish the wood? Here are some norm. Most articles built in the 18th
photos of the table. It is 30" high, 32" century and earlier in the 19th century
wide and around 44" deep when it is have single board tops and seats.
opened out. —Thank you, C.D. Since your table is a 20th century
A. Duncan Phyfe was a Scottish factory made piece that has been
cabinetmaker who worked in New refinished it does not have a great
York in the late 1700s and early 1800s. deal of collector's value and it would
His name has become erroneously be a poor use of your money to have
attached to a large body of modern it professionally appraised. A formal
work. The style of your table is appraisal would run several hundred
William and Mary. Turned legs like dollars which exceeds the value of the
this, called baluster turns, became table. Your table would sell at auction
popular around the end of the 17th for around $150.
century. There are several tables very Thanks for writing and thanks for
similar in style to yours on page 158 The individual planks (at least four) in the leaf of a 20th century the photos.
of "Field Guide to American Antique gate leg drop leaf table can clearly be seen in this picture.
Furniture" by Joseph Butler. Most More on Page 37 >

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