Carved foliage on the upper part of the legs

 

The design of the table is based on measured drawings published in Spirit of New England, one of the books in the series "The Architectural Treasures of Early America." The original table is from Kings Chapel, in Boston. According to the drawings the table dates from 1686. One of the design changes requested by the church was that I incorporate the turning profile of the existing altar railing, in place of the earlier baluster turning. The photo is a little washed out, sorry. The carving on the legs extends across the table skirts on all sides of the table. The outer faces of the square sections of the legs was left unsanded until after the table base is glued up. This accounts for the difference in tone between the darker square faces on the legs and the turned portion of the legs. An applied astrgal molding wraps the table at the bottom of the skirts The dados cut in the upper square sections at the top of the leg allow the molding to pass across and around the legs.