Vintage Rustic Oak Drafting Table

An authentic and Rustic oak console table in all original condition, likely English. In a dark stain with a plank constructed top with bread b...

Vintage metal and wood architect's or drafting table. Tubular steel with wood tabletop, circa 1940, mid-20th century.

ABOUT A fully adjustable industrial drafting table with solid wood top and cast iron hardware and knobs. Original maker's tag. The table can be used as a tall dining table, desk or ...

Great size and construction using oak for the base and maple for the top. Iron adjustment hardware all in very good condition with age related wear. No abuse. Height reaches 44inches and is fully adjustable to all angles. Has the original vinyl cover.

Interesting rustic table from France. Practical folding design with large surface area for working or meals. Nice patina.

A large (almost 12 feet long) rustic pine and oak trestle table with a removable and reversible top with one side rough and rustic and the other side smooth and slightly whitewashed....

Antique adjustable tilt-top table with gold gilt cast iron clawfoot base. The original wood top has been replaced by a white marble one that now lends itself to be used as an end tab...

Vintage wood and cast iron Industrial drafting table with an adjustable height and a pivoting surface . Lovely patina on the table top and has that wonderful old world feel that woul...

Incredible industrial grade light box drafting table. Extremely heavy and well made in the US, circa 1950s. Glass tabletop allows the light of two enclosed fluorescent tube lights to...

A one-of-a-kind rustic antique American country work table in original plum - wine paint finish with heavily worn distressed patina! Full of antique character and unique folky charm, featuring primitve hand-crafted farmhouse craftsmanship and solid wooden construction, having a plank boarded top, simple wide apron with pegged detail, rising on distinctive spool-turned Jenny Lind legs terminating in tapering ring-turned feet. This rustic folk art table most likely originating in the Southern United States, handmade during the early/mid-19th century by a farmer, not a formally trained carpenter or furniture maker, adding to the overall antique character, elegant warmth, and rich historical depth. Dimensions: (approx) 33" High, 64" Wide, 31" Deep Provenance / Acquisition: Acquired from reputable auction house Bright Star Antiques Co., Sulfur Springs, Texas. May 2022 Session 1.5 catalog. Founded on generations of experience in rare antiques and furnishings, Bright Star has been specializing in rare American country antiques and architectural elements for over 25 years. Condition: Beautiful age, weathered patina and attractive faded mellow coloring. Heavily worn, naturally distressed, chippy paint, losses, warping, slight wobble, substantial wear and tear consistent with age and use. Not overly strong or sturdy, but certainly functional and delivered ready for immediate use. Jenny Lind’s Legs? Johanna Maria Lind (Sweden; 1820–1887) spent many nights in the U.S. during her wildly popular concert tour, presenting an opportunity for furniture makers to claim that P.T. Barnum’s Swedish Nightingale rested in one of their beds. Celebrity endorsements—sanctioned or not—had been found to boost sales, and 19th-century entrepreneurs had little aversion to stretching the truth. By the time she returned to Europe, Jenny Lind’s name or likeness had been affixed to riding hats, cigars, dolls, perfume, and more. Still, the association between spool-turned beds and the name “Jenny Lind” appears to be a 20th-century phenomenon, likely an attempt to conjure a connection to simpler times after the fact. Several bits of folklore connect the opera star with specific beds. The most widespread asserts that Philadelphia furniture manufacturer George J. Henkels placed a special bed—actually, a carved Rococo piece with a side canopy—in Lind’s hotel, and later gave it to her as a gift or, in a divergent ending, vowed to name it after her. A second story centers on a common, early 19th-century mahogany spool bed...