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Pedestal Table/Desk in Padauk and Wenge

The pedestal table was commissioned as a desk for a law partner’s office. Its elegant design worked well to preserve the open, airy feel of the corner office with floor-to-ceiling windows. The addition of a return, designed to accommodate the computer and its accessories, also contains a single drawer for supplies.

The stunning colors of the red-orange Paduak and brown-black Wenge woods are natural. Their strong contrast highlights sliding dovetail joinery that integrates the structural frame and the table-top. This construction technique works to insure the top remains flat while allowing for seasonal wood expansion. The top itself is built from seven equal boards, though the straight-grained wood is so well-matched that it appears to be one huge slab. The pedestals are removable for transportation.

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