Vintage furniture restortation, repair and new legs for Victorian/Edwardian parquetry octagon table

This eight-sided tabletop with a parquetry geometric design in several species of wood needs some love and attention as well as four new legs. These new legs are made out of oak and shaped in sympathy with the geometric design. Toffee the Bengal cat gets involved.
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The Thomas Johnson video I refer to when guessing the age is here:
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[@juliehonour4622]

Fantastic work yet again.

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Thank you Julie - much appreciated!

[@KimRinehart]

Absolutely stunning!!!! Wonderful job!!! That top took my breath away and now I want one!!!!

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Thank you Kim!

[@benerabilis]

In gor.......maine!

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Tom Johnson is awesome, I owe a great deal to his patience and experience. I love his videos and his content. I love that you picked up on that. I find it very difficult in my own videos not to say "I think it turned out pretty good" ...that is his line and is always correct ...but right at the end of a project when it is all done, that line pops into my head and I understand where it is coming from. He likes dogs too. Thanks Frank

[@ginalou5774]

So many beautiful colours!

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Thank you - I agree

[@juliesheldon4772]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Thank you for watching and commenting - much appreciated!

[@Quaker521]

Now I see why your video production is so good - You've got to get it passed Toffee first! 😁 I'm sure that the owners were very happy with such a fantastic job as you did there. Nice shoutout to Tom Johnson, I like watching his videos too. Great job.

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Tom Johnson is an inspiration and Toffee is ...special! Thank you

[@lcmartin5382]

Good choice on adding the additional taper to the leg tops. Wow..What a difference to the top surface. Really shows off the original colors of the wood. Hopefully see you guys soon. leigh

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Thanks Leigh and thanks to Shanghai House Trading www.shanghaihousetrading.co.uk for the referal!

[@lukepryor7513]

Beautiful work. I really enjoyed the reveal - what a difference!

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Thanks Luke - such an interesting story!

[@markjewers8914]

Wow, what a fabulous transformation. Great to see this beautiful piece of furniture get a sympathetic restoration. Nice to hear you give Tom Johnson a shout…..I’m a big fan. Keep up the great work.

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Thanks Mark - much appreciated

[@JamesDeese]

Truly amazing job. I watched the Thomas Johnson episode with the similar table and I think you did just as good as he. We both know that he is really a wizard from the wizarding world. You rock dude!

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Thanks James! You are very kind - if he is a wizard from the wizarding world (and indeed he is) then I am but a first year stepping off the train at Hogwarts! Funnily enough the Cottack channel is a year old this week ...and we went past 1000 subscribers this morning. More wizarding to do!

[@katepang1]

The design in the centre of the top is very like what quilters call 'Mariner's Compass'

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Thanks Kate! I've been trying to track this style and design down ...marquetry vs parquetry ...octagon inlay etc etc ...mariner's compass certainly helps broaden the search. Mariner's compass designs I've found are 4, 8 or 16 point. This one is 16 at it's heart. Very interesting!

[@SprocketN]

Great to see a combination of renovation and new parts combined. I would imagine this type of job is difficult to maintain the aged aspect of the top whilst adding the new legs, especially when the original legs are not available. You did a wonderful job 👍

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Thank you! What was interesting to me (and the owner) was the evidence that there had been three different leg designs and layouts prior to this one ...it is quite some history this top has had still to have. Thank you for your comments

[@glenhowitt8148]

Amazing job Bruce!! Was that you a little out of breath after the hand plane? 😂

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Yes indeed ...to be fair it was the eighth one, each in solid oak! There is probably some kind of gym rep that would replicate but I enjoy the workshop workout. Could be a whole channel on its own? Cheers Glen.

[@bebel6874]

Incredible

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Thank you - it was a lovely piece to work on

[@bebete77]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Thank you Bete!

[@keithrosenberg5486]

Gorgeous. I might have put darker wood for the triangular part of the table legs, but maybe not.

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

Thanks Keith - I agree. I think a 'two tone' finish would be amazing. I wrestled with doing the staining before the glue up but worried I'd hold back on glue to avoid excess squeeze-out since I wouldn't be able to sand later. I thought about painters tape but couldn't guarantee the darker stain wouldn't leach across ...perhaps a chamfer at the join? Or a different wood of course? If I had infinite time and budget the other idea was to inlay some of the same triangle / square design, but that would have added days given my pace! I did think about darker legs - so many tones to pick from the top and the 'tradition' or 'natural consequence' that many antiques are darker at the bottom than the top. What tipped me over was thinking that if the owner wanted a change once they got it home it would be easier to darken the finish than it would be the other way round? When the first leg popped out that golden oak hew and it matched some of parquetry I thought 'okay' go with this! ....but a two tone finish could be really good if executed cleanly I fully agree. Thanks for the comment

[@keithrosenberg5486]

@@TheCottackWorkshop I was thinking of using a darker wood since the top is more than one type too. I still like the table.

[@TheCottackWorkshop]

​@@keithrosenberg5486 Thanks Keith.