Maple Trestle Table
Shaker cabinetmakers made the design of trestle tables more graceful by using arched feet and more convenient by raising the horizontal stretcher to allow for more leg room. This robust, yet graceful, example was likely first made at the Mt. Lebanon, New York Shaker community.
The original is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. We make this Trestle Table entirely in clear solid maple. Like the original, the top is a full 1 1/4" thick. Note the separate cross-pieces, called "breadboard ends", which we carefully peg in place to prevent the top from warping. The 7' version seats eight.
Available as an unfinished kit and a "made to order" finished piece of 5-8' in length.