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Klopstock Bros Library Table

J
17 years ago
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Description

I am the fourth generation in my family to own this table. It is a sturdy library table, with a lovely carving on the bottom brace between the legs. It has terrific knobby legs, and it splits in the middle to lift another leaf. Underneath, you can see the metal gears that open the table and lift the leaf out. A carved border goes around the entire table, under the edge. The top of the table has interesting etchings around the border, most concentrated at the ends.

Stenciled underneath the table is the name "Klopstock Bros." I can't find much information about them, except that they were a San Francisco manufacturing company, they were involved in a lawsuit in 1915 or 1916, and they were still in business in 1921. After that, I can't find anything.

Category American Furniture
Medium wood
Distinguishing marks Klopstock Bros printed in large letters under table edge
Condition Fair
Size and dimensions of this item About 4 ft long, about 2 ft wide - has extra leaf that lifts out
Date Period 1914-1921?
Weight heavy
History My great-grandmother received it as a secondhand gift sometime in the 1930s
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