He has designed a unique mechanism which stores the expansion leaves within the body of the table.
Expanding circular dining table in walnut by george johnson.
I have just finished making this expanding circular dining table it was a project i have been wanting to make for a while and i finally found someone who wanted to commission one.
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Also the round dining table has 24 and 36 center expansions available starting at 6 250.
The particular one used in the demonstration is made of walnut curl and was the first expanding table he d ever made.
The top is veneered in walnut curl in a starburst formation with six lines of symmetry.
A circular extending mahogany dining table cross banded with burl and rosewood the top is formed of eight self storing pull out triangular segments with inset fold out leaves to expand the table raised on a bold turned pillar with a hexagonal base with concave sides and out swept legs with finely cast brass cappings and disc feet.
This was the first expanding circular dining table george made and as such it has a special place in his heart.
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A circular dining table that expands when rotated.
This was the first expanding circular dining table george made and as such it has a special place in his heart.
A circular dining table that expands when rotated.
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The expansion leaves are hidden in the body of the table.
The top is veneered in walnut curl in a starburs.
The transformation is both a piece of precision engineering and dramatic theater.
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.
The clover table a smaller 50 model of the expanding round table has only 4 leaves and starts at 22 000.
The expansion leaves are hidden in the body of the table.
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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.