Copied from an original made by William Buckland and William Bernard Sears in the 1760s, this table was built with period-appropriate hand tools in the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop at Colonial Williamsburg. There was just one detail that differed from the original design. The original, Pavlak says, “has a marble top that has proven to be too heavy for the base, so we opted for a solid walnut top instead—sometimes learning from the past means not doing what they did.”

Black walnut, 28D x 44-7⁄8W x 34-3⁄16H

Kaare Loftheim and Bill Pavlak
Colonial Williamsburg, Va.

From FWW #267