Brass and Black Glass Dining Table

Another Old Plank exclusive offering is our French Industrial Style Dining Table. The Industrial or some may even call it Modern Dining ...

The Old Plank Exclusive Dining Table was fabricated from solid Bronze, imported French brass trim, walnut and mahogany. This exquisite French Industrial Inspired Dining Table is in s...

Pending availability of reclaimed oak, we can duplicate this extra thick, reclaimed white oak top, where each board measures a full 12” in width and generally run over 2” in thicknes...

Newly constructed by our in house, Old Plank Workshop, this handmade oak and steel Industrial style dining table, can be built in any di...

Limited Edition: Metis Pedestal Table Black is the perfect piece for a luxury hall. This modern round table expresses a new way of seeing furniture items honoring the inspiring class...

Limited Edition: Metis Pedestal Table is the perfect piece for a luxury hall. This modern round table expresses a new way of seeing furniture items honoring the inspiring classic scu...

This exceptionally rare circular expanding dining table was designed by Robert Jupe and crafted by the English cabinetmakers Johnstone & Jeanes, successors to Johnstone, Jupe & Co. One of only a handful known from the firm, this table illustrates the Victorian era's quest to combine technical innovation with superb and beautiful craftsmanship. Complete with its original leaves, the table’s circular top is formed from eight separate segments. When the top is rotated, an ingenious swivel mechanism causes the sections to diverge, allowing a set of small or large leaves to be inserted for an adjustable increase in size. The design for the table was patented by Robert Jupe in 1835, who had envisioned “an improved expanding table so constructed that the sections composing its surface may be caused to diverge from a common center and that the spaces caused thereby may be filled up by inserting leaves or filling pieces.” The first of these fascinating tables were created between 1835 and 1840 during his partnership with John Johnstone and their firm of Johnstone, Jupe & Co. in London. Jupe left the company in 1840, after which the firm changed its name due to a new partnership and became Johnstone & Jeanes. The firm would eventually achieve international fame for its remarkable designs, exhibiting a "circular table made on the expanding principle" like this one at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Jupe was not alone in his fascination with combining the technical merits of engineering and mechanics with the more artful pursuit of cabinet making. The first half of the 19th century saw a prolific increase in the popularity of applying new ideas to furniture principles, which allowed furniture to serve many purposes. The resulting “patent” furniture...

No45 Scarpa Dining Table – Solid Wood Round Dining Table by Joel Escalona ——— Introducing the Scarpa Collection, a homage to the legendary Italian architect and designer, Carlo Sca...