CHAILEY SIDE TABLE

Made in elm with wenge pegs and sabots (“wooden shoes”), and elm end-grain cross-banding on the top. I have always been fascinated by the appearance and hardness of end-grain – the surface you get if you cut across a piece of wood – particularly in open-grained hardwoods such as oak and elm.  This is one of a pair, made to stand at each end of a sofa, which can be brought together to create a single larger table.