George Johnson Furniture Expanding Table

By lori dorn on july 3 2018 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.

George johnson furniture expanding table.

The base is made from solid brown oak with the design inspired by the tattered crown of the ancient tree. George johnson s walnut table is already a gorgeous piece of furniture. Beautifully designed dining table with cork top and cross slatted mahogany base. July 6 2018 10 this is a video of furniture maker george johnson of johnson furniture demonstrating the first rotating expanding dining table he ever built.

This was the first expanding circular dining table george made and as such it has a special place in his heart. The particular one used in the demonstration is made of walnut curl and was the first expanding table he d ever made. It s similar in design to this previously posted 50 000 rotating expanding dining table except george s requires an extra step of folding the six leaves out. Two 11 25 leaves included.

This table was made with a matching set of solid oak chairs some photographs are below with more information on the chairs section of the website. This table is the smallest size in george s range expanding from 1 30m to 1 75m and sitting up to 8 people. This table is the largest in george s range expanding from a diameter of 2 00m to 2 70m and sitting up to 14 people. The top has been veneered in brown oak burr which came from a really special 850 year old oak tree that died on an english estate.

From expanding circular dining tables to small shelving units george enjoys producing unique and original designs. Opens to 94 1 2. The table is the medium size in george s range expanding from 1 5m to 1 9m and sits up to 10 people. Made by johnson furniture company.

The top has been veneered pippy oak with the tripod base made from solid oak. But when he turns it clockwise something amazing happens. 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. The radial pattern flows around the whole of the table.