It is solid oak, and Arts and Crafts in design. The top would once have held the Frister and Rossmann Modern Cylinder Shuttle Sewing Machine Type D - I know because the little booklet for it was still inside the top.
Underneath - an unusual and rather Gothic cut out design, and above it the scooped base of the table top "cupboard".
Inside was a collection of Royal wedding memorabilia which is worth more than I paid for the table! Here is a poem by John Drinkwater for the Coronation. Drinkwater was one of the Dymock poets, and friend of Edward Thomas.
This alone is worth about £20 now, if ebay prices are anything to go by! There are lots of newspapers and magazines dealing with Royal Weddings, which make very interesting reading.
Gosh, how very interesting. I wonder what the story behind them is...?
ReplyDeleteI think the lady who owned this has probably just died . I reckon it was her mother's from new, when it had the sewing machine in, then they had a little lid put where the sewing machine had been and used it as a desk. The mother and daughter both, it would seem, collected the Royal Wedding memorabilia. It got to the auction through house clearance.
ReplyDeleteWhat a find - I love it!
ReplyDeleteYour sewing table was a bargain! Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteEveryone whos seen it loves it, me included of course!
ReplyDeleteLovely table, the top is beautiful, what is the wood?
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