The delicate console table has survived many eras, it is an ideal decorative piece of furniture for narrow or narrow spaces. We have it in three variants.
They never had to carry heavy loads, the small console tables right by the front door in the hallway. They served more as decorative furniture - and have always been a small challenge for cabinet makers: Filigree construction comes into play with the console table, an unusual shape and beautiful decorative elements together. Their basic form has always been uniform: about 80 to 120 cm long and rarely more than 30 cm wide.
This also applies to our three little tables, which we have modeled on historical period furniture. With the Art Nouveau model (bottom right) the floral forms catch the eye, that form the base. They are cut out of blockboard. Classic austerity characterizes the shape of the small table in Empire style, which is made of noble mahogany (bottom left). Finally, the extravagant design of our modern table: only two metal legs and a stone base. The decorative copper tube is bent over a fixed bending form.
What distinguishes all three console tables: They are real collector's items, elegant in der Form, refined in detail.
Each table has its special finesse – With the modern console table on the previous page, we confronted you with a few technical hurdles. The shaping of the table base from aerated concrete, bending the copper pipe, supporting the tabletop, and attaching the tube legs, which are anchored in the base with flash cement.
At the two tables, that we present on this page, the difficulties lie in other areas. In the case of the Empire table, possibly already in the procurement of the building material. You can perhaps have a carpenter plan out solid mahogany strips – which, however, costs a few marks. Anyone who uses the commercially available Limba or Ramin strips for the piece of furniture and stains the whole thing mahogany-colored after the individual components have been made, gets to his little table cheaper, without the result appearing inferior. The overlays then require skill: They have to be precisely chiseled out.
You should also pay attention to a few points with the Art Nouveau console table. It is best to make a template out of packing paper for the contours of the table legs and the connecting frames. Transfer the lines of our template to this template according to the grid principle. This in turn serves as a template for tracing onto the wood. The outer contours are cut out with a jigsaw, the edges sanded. The contour lines on the surface are marked with an approx 5 mm deep notch cut (with blade or router). The perforated sheet is clamped to the workbench for folding.
All three tables offer real challenges.