Antique Dining Room Tables


So how would you like to dine on an antique dining room table? If you have always loved history, then an antique dining room table may be just what you would want for your home. What is an antique and why is it supposed to be an attractive item? The term antique has been used collectively for designating classical Greek and Roman works of art, particularly sculptures. Antique is an adjective for indicating an object, a period, or a style of ancient or early times. The demand and prices paid for antiques are both very high. The high demand has led to the widespread making of reproductions and reconstructions of antiques, some with spurious marks of age. There are some genuine period pieces of antique furniture, dating mainly from the 18th and 19th Century. However their prices are very high as compared to other furniture, which you must consider before deciding to go for antiques. Also antique furniture is generally found in mahogany, rosewood, burr walnut or oak.

The Antique Choices

When talking of antique dining tables, the choice at your disposal will be huge. But you should be careful and see that the dining table you are buying is actually an antique and that it belongs to the period it claims to be. However, there are genuine antique dining tables also and you only have to be careful and not shun the idea completely. So below is a choice of antique dining room table. So could find more such options by visiting antique furniture dealers or by visiting their sites online.

The Large English Antique Mahogany Extending Dining Room Table

A regency mahogany extending dining table is of fine quality and is a welcome, beautiful addition to any antique dining room. The D-ends and the central section are designed so as to allow them to stand as a breakfast table and as two side tables. Also, there are four extra leaves of two sizes. This allows for a multiplicity of tables lengths and uses. This table is supported on boldly carved reeded legs that end in large-scale brass castors. It belongs to England, circa 1820. Its height is around 72 cm and its width is 168 cm.

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