This is such an unusual piece, the likes of which we’ve not seen before and are unlikely to again so we couldn’t help fall for it. At first glance it’s a regular, hard-working 1940s / 1950s kitchen table. A little battered and bruised with age and use but very well-made, solid and sturdy with neat proportions and chunky, splayed legs. The quirky design feature here is the fact it can be extended on either side with a rolling tambour mechanism. Pull the sides and the tambour rolls round, flattening out as the halves are pushed back in to create the extra table top. A weird and wonderful slice of British post-war design, very cleverly engineered but most likely quickly usurped by other extending table designs and mechanisms. Perhaps not smart enough for a dining room but ideal for a busy, family kitchen, this is a piece that can certainly take life’s rough and tumble.
