Woodworker: John Gush

Chicago-area woodworker John Gush built this extended dining table, which occupies his dining room alongside several other reproductions of “bespoke period furniture in the Federal style,” he says. The table seats up to 16 with the two leaves in place and 12 when the leaves are stored underneath the tabletop. The table is matched with a set of chairs built in the Cape Dutch style, which is native to Gush’s home country of South Africa. Made of Honduras mahogany, the table features 16 matching oval fan inlays in holly and mahogany veneers.

Photos: John Gush

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