A large, hand-made 14 seater French Farmhouse Table

Made to order by our workshop: A large 14 seater French Provincial Louis XVI style solid oak farmhouse table of Classic proportions, standing on tapering, square-section legs, the wide top fitted with 'bread ends'.
Newly hand-built in our workshop as an exact copy of a 18th century Loire Valley table, the surfaces are hand-planed and assembled using traditional joints, reinforced by wooden pegs. The timbers are given several washes of natural pigment stains, with a cut-back between each wash of stain - this technique revealing the 'ridges and troughs' of the hand-planed surfaces and the subtle texturing given to the table top. The table is sealed with a choice of several coats of clear shellac or with a durable oil-based varnish, then waxed and buffed for a glowing wax finish. Please note the rich grain of the European-grown French oak timbers.