Antique Federal Period New England Boldly Figured Mahogany Dropleaf Dining Table

With our absolute highest compliments Bay Colony Antiques takes the utmost pleasure in offering this incredible antique dining table. This table is among the finest and most unique examples which we have ever been able to find throughout half a century of collecting antiques. We fell in love with this table the first moment we saw it with the obvious beauty of the three impressive single plank boards that comprise the entire top and both leaves. When we first attempted to move it we were surprised with just how heavy it is weighting perhaps three times more than what an ordinary table of the same form typically weighs. The enhanced density belonging to the table is due to the rich natural conditions in which the original lumber was first harvested. Timber from remote areas of Central and South America can sometimes become mineral dense as the climate allows the old growth tree to prosper over centuries of undisturbed growth. There is nothing in the world today available to the public w