It isn't MCM, but it is a nice Contemporary Mahogany side table. Once again another thrift find at the Ann Arbor PTO store. Took it completely apart stripped, washed, sanded, glued and put it back together before a good rub down of Watco Natural. I'll give it one more rub to make it nice and rich. A total of about 2.5 hrs. labor to get it done.
No number
Thanks for the cudos.
It doesn't have a number. There was remnants of an old sticker on the underside, but I'm not sure what it was. Gone in the stripping and sanding. Do all Mahogany pieces have a number or just those from a certain period?
I was assuming it was Mahogany though seeing as it is such an intense red color. I guess it might be Cherry, but I've never refinished anything in cherry that was so red without any stain. Doesn't really matter to me since it looks so good.
I'm not
sure what the specie is. The random piecing of the curved parts, along with the carefully-made vertical-grain edging of the top, indicate to me that there was originally veneer -- perhaps also vertically oriented -- on the outside surfaces of the curved parts -- leaving the horizontal surface of the foot as you see it. Probably that area of light-colored sapwood was veneered too.
This change would have occurred before the table came into your loving care, of course. And it looks quite nice as it is. That short-grain edging, and indeed the form of the piece as a whole, are strongly reminiscent of the Art Deco period.
Now that it's oiled, no further glued additions are possible, so this piece will not return to its original appearance, I expect. It would be amusing to come across a photo -- in an ad ? -- showing it in its original dress. Lovely, in any event. I don't believe we're looking at either cherry or mahogany, so the specie is a mystery. Several (other) tropicals have that coloration, but I'm surprised to see those in use in this period. Perhaps the piece originates from south of the Equator ?
The piece is all original
The only veneer is the strip going around the rounded table top edge. When I got the table it had it's original finish all crackled up and down the legs and along the curved base. There were no signs of it being refinished once before.
The pic is of the piece before I started it. The finish was definitely a factory finish in a high gloss. You can see where it sustained damage along the base.
I think as the coloration looks now it's an improvement over the orange coloration of the original lacquer finish.
Thanks for the info.
The two pieced curved parts -- the upper left apron and the lower right foot -- don't show in the second (original) photo, so I can't tell how those seams (joints) might have appeared. Could they have been painted over and/or faux grained ? It would be quite unusual for a maker to reveal those two seams.
Anyway, it's a pretty piece. Congratulations on the job.
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