New York Dining Table

The New York Dining Table is 240cm long, 100cm wide and 75cm high, with a solid timber frame and a natural oak veneer top. The underframe sits at 68cm, so there is real legroom under it. It seats eight and requires assembly.

The underframe height is the specification that matters most on a table with a frame rather than plain legs. At 68cm there is enough clearance for a dining chair with arms to slide under, which is not true of every framed table, and it is the number to check before buying chairs to go with it.

Solid timber in the frame with a veneer top is the right way round for a table this long. The frame is what takes the racking load when people lean on the end, and it wants to be solid; the top wants to stay flat across 240cm, which a well-made veneer does more reliably than a solid slab of the same width.

At 240cm the table will take eight comfortably with room for serving down the middle, or ten if the ends are used and the chairs are narrow.