Antique Brunswick rails and legs Id

MoonshineMattK

MoonshineMattK

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A friend was cleaning out a basement and there are parts of an antique Brunswick.
Hoping someone can help with an identification.
If anyone out there can use these let me know.

There is no frame - only legs, slate, rails and irons
Tops of the rails have been sanded deeply to the point that the inlays are missing and the pockets for the inlays are basically flush.
Slate is in poor shape and has questionable repair work.

Edit: Might be a Newport

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Newport table

That is indeed a Newport and I am in the process of restoring one and am in need of the pocket irons if you would be willing to sell.
Parkerco
 
I refinished a table once with rails and legs identical to those. We had it figured to be a Saratoga. It had a rounded 'pot belly' style frame. Just another possibility.
 
MoonshineMattK said:
A friend was cleaning out a basement and there are parts of an antique Brunswick.
Hoping someone can help with an identification.
If anyone out there can use these let me know.

There is no frame - only legs, slate, rails and irons
Tops of the rails have been sanded deeply to the point that the inlays are missing and the pockets for the inlays are basically flush.
Slate is in poor shape and has questionable repair work.

Edit: Might be a Newport

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Nice find'
Rob.M
 
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Funny story:

I once ran across a beautiful table like that in Chicago at a second-hand table dealer shop. I think it was actually the Saratoga...

It was for sale real cheap, in "original" unrestored condition, but there was one 'small' issue with it....

...the former owner had problems getting the big table to squeeze into his little house, so he cut the entire table (frame) in half. With a saw.

...the former owner then custom cut a few pieces of scrap wood to mend the ruined frame FROM THE OUTSIDE, added a few lag bolts, and voila, it was good as new.

If I hadnt been laughing so hard I might have cried
 
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