French Mid-20th Century Painted Wood Oval Top Pedestal Table

An Italian Regency style pair of carved wood pedestal tables, with Greek key accents, from the mid 20th century. This mid-century pair of tables from Italy each have a 15.25" diamete...

A Swedish painted wood table with faux-marble top from the 19th century. This antique Gustavian table from Sweden features a hand painted faux-...

Mid-20th century mahogany wood square top pedestal table with marquetry inlay top.

Made from found and reclaimed wood, each of John Seubert's Crash Tables are unique and meticulously crafted. He calls them Crash Tables because they are a collision of parts created from table legs, stair railings, chair backs, etc. which are mitered together to form a solid construction. Once assembled, the table is painted and then distressed to give it an antiqued appearance. Created from salvaged and recycled materials, this pedestal table represents the utmost in sustainable design. John Seubert Simple Black Crash Table found objects 34H x 19W x 20D in 86.36H x 48.26W x 50.80D cm JSE047.   In the early Nineties, John Seubert was living in a former hotel in a high-rise building on St. James Place in Chicago. The apartment was tiny, as hotel rooms tend to be, and clad with paper-thin walls allowing sound to pass from one apartment to the other. At the time, John’s artwork consisted of pounding copper sheets into tables which was a noisy endeavor to say the least. Following several noise complaints from the neighbors, John had a dream that he was living in a ramshackle house but with plenty of room to work and no attached neighbors. The following day after lunching at the McDonalds in Lincoln Park, John wandered the neighborhood a came upon a shabby, falling-down old Victorian house. He located the real estate agent...