Tea Table

This Newport tea table was based on Alan Breed's drawings of the John Goddard original. Because of the intended location for this table, I had to reduce its width and depth by 10%. The leg design and length remained as drawn by Breed.

The top was not made from a solid board, as was the case with the original. I elected to use the technique suggested to me by the late John McAlister: apply the top molding to a veneered piece of 1/4" plywood. Nevertheless, the molding still required a great deal of hand carving.

The finish is Minwax red mahogany stain followed by Constantine's red mahogany paste wood filler. I then sprayed the table with nitrocellulose lacquer sanding sealer, followed by six coats of nitrocellulose satin lacquer. The final rubout of the finish was with 600 grit wet/dry paper lubricated with turpentine, and then paste wax applied with 0000 steel wool.