repeated works tables expanding dining table

expanding dining table

A client required a table that seated eight at its smaller size and expanded to seat 16.

I set out to avoid the excessively complicated solutions usually found in expanding circular tables. I created a separate chest in which eight crescents are stored; when the larger size is required, these are added to the table, supported on eight pull-out rails. The radiating pattern of 16 mirror-matched segments on the top of the table at its small size continues into the outer crescents, giving a spectacular pattern at both sizes.