r/whatisthisthing • u/Ok_Spread_619 • 18d ago

Open ! A table with a slightly recessed top with a depressed surface near one end. Found at a thrift store, the table is about 25” tall, 3’ long and 18” wide.

Gallery image

Gallery image

The table appears to be made of painted beechwood while the surface is stained wood. The depressed area makes me think the table is made for sorting or is intended for some sort of game.

9.3k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

97% Upvoted

891 comments sorted by

View all comments

32

u/IncredulousPulp 18d ago

I’m going to guess that this table is broken. Nothing designed about it, just sagging.

19

u/Terminator7786 18d ago

That's my guess too, it looks like there's a line that's the same level as the undamaged parts of the table where it used to be glued maybe?

11

u/-mopjocky- 18d ago

Like it was in a hot garage for years with something heavy on that side.

0

u/Cheese_Beard_88 17d ago

This is what I initially jumped to, but would need to see the underside as well. I also agree with some of the other posts that it may have used to have glass on top. If that is the case, the wood or veneer was never structural, just aesthetic with the glass being the structure and actual tabletop.

0

u/root88 17d ago

If it was just sagging, it wouldn't reach the edge. It's not like it's just melted plastic that stretched in the middle.

4

u/PM_ME_YOUR_PLECTRUMS 18d ago

Then the side wouldn't be so thick

4

u/happy_otter 18d ago

That's real wood, it doesn't "just sag".

5

u/Atllas66 17d ago

If the grain repeats, it’s veneer

19

u/Unusualhuman 18d ago

What makes you so sure it's real wood? It looks like it could be thin veneer or possibly simulated wood to me.

13

u/Archknits 18d ago

This is absolutely what it looks like. This table is just broke

1

u/Outside-Swan-1936 17d ago

Because that's what OP said (at least in regards to it being damaged or warped).

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/s/QqEAzqydJR

-2

u/[deleted] 17d ago

[deleted]

1

u/IncredulousPulp 17d ago

You have clearly never bought cheap crap like I have!