George Johnson Furniture Expanding Table

The top has been veneered with walnut crown 32 pieces of veneer were used to make up the starburst pattern.

George johnson furniture expanding table.

Two 11 25 leaves included. George johnson s walnut table is already a gorgeous piece of furniture. But when he turns it clockwise something amazing happens. Opens to 94 1 2.

The base is made from solid brown oak with the design inspired by the tattered crown of the ancient tree. The particular one used in the demonstration is made of walnut curl and was the first expanding table he d ever made. Beautifully designed dining table with cork top and cross slatted mahogany base. This table was made with a matching set of solid oak chairs some photographs are below with more information on the chairs section of the website.

By lori dorn on july 3 2018 george johnson of johnson furniture who specializes in expanding circular dining tables demonstrates how this style of table doubles in size just by turning it on its base. This table is the largest in george s range expanding from a diameter of 2 00m to 2 70m and sitting up to 14 people. The design of the mechanism has been refined since this table was made with the undercarriage now a perfect circle without the protrusions visible on this model but the overall concept is the same. July 6 2018 10 this is a video of furniture maker george johnson of johnson furniture demonstrating the first rotating expanding dining table he ever built.

The top has been veneered in brown oak burr which came from a really special 850 year old oak tree that died on an english estate. This was the first expanding circular dining table george made and as such it has a special place in his heart. Furniture by george johnson johnson furniture is a small cabinet making business producing bespoke hand made furniture. The radial pattern flows around the whole of the table.

From expanding circular dining tables to small shelving units george enjoys producing unique and original designs. The top has been veneered pippy oak with the tripod base made from solid oak. The ingenious round table is built so that rotating it causes the. The table is the medium size in george s range expanding from 1 5m to 1 9m and sits up to 10 people.