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[spiderswelcome]

Dreamwidth hosts a lot of worldly and knowledgeable cool people - and I'm hoping one of you might know something about this table. I paid $20 for it at a flea market 15 years ago. I use it as an art table because it was already a little beat up when I got it. I have no idea how old it is, what kind of wood it is, if it's authentic or if it was a student wood shop project. And this is also a great example of how hard it is to make my brain pay attention to detail: I had no idea there were birds and flowers on it until just now. Fifteen years I've owned this table and if you had asked me yesterday "What's carved on that table?" I would've said "I dunno maybe some people?"










And this, in case it is helpful at all

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[lagertha_the_warrior]

I'm sorry I'm of no help, just wanted to say it's a beautiful table. Hope you find some answers

[springheel_jack]

Looks like it's Asian. My dumbass guess is that it's an example of lacquered furniture made for export in China, or more likely somewhere in southeast asia, sometime in the second half of the last century. Just because my grandparents had some that looked like that.

[irreversibly]

That is one pretty table. I'm no expert but I did have the immediate thought it's Asian of some kind, or at least made to look Asian failing that. Good luck find out more!

[greghousesgf]

I'm honestly not sure. I'm sorry, I know it was my idea for you to post pictures, the only thing I can say for sure is it's probably not Japanese. I know that isn't very helpful.