Large hand carved and sawn table with ornate Chapala Mexico design bottom stretch. Table measures 87" X 38" X 32.5" high. The table top slab is approximately 3" thick and has hand carved details around its edges. Bottom stretch member measures 74" long X approx. 7". Materials are pine, wormwood pine, creosote stain, and dowel-keys that lock the stretch member. Was purchased from a northern California used office furniture business where it had been sitting under several other items, obviously for considerable time. The creosote type fumes were still then present, but have since subsided. A friend from Central America has suggested that the piece may be antique based on its partial construction with wormwood, as the use of the material was acceptable only up to a certain point historically.
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Hi Jeff,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
A Spanish Colonial carved and stained pine trestle table
probably late 19th Century
The rectangular top with gadrooned edge over a trestle base, the shaped ends heavily carved, with a barley twist and block carved stretcher.
32 1/2 inches high by 87 inches long by 38 inches deep
CONDITION: wear commensurate with age and use.
PROVENANCE: purchased from a California business
$800-1200*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
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