Indiana Hickory Table, Circa 1920, USA

DESCRIPTION: Indiana Hickory Table, Circa 1920, USA Woven Hickory Table Top on central wooden base with decorative details. Unique piece.

CONDITION: Good condition. Wear consistent with age and use.

DIMENSIONS: Height: 73cm (29in) Width: 80cm (31.5in) Depth: 66cm (26in).

ABOUT THE STYLE: In the world of rustic furniture, hickory refers to bark-on hickory poles (i.e., unpeeled branches and trunks of young hickory trees). Milled hickory boards and turnings were also used to construct antique furniture. “Indiana hickory” refers to manufactured rustic hickory furniture. This is because the handful of companies that produced classic rustic hickory pole furniture from about 1900-1960, were all located in Indiana.