The first dining tables of which survivors remain are the type known as refectory tables. They are made usually of oak, and one of the earliest, at Penshurst Place in Kent, has a typical thick top of joined planks supported on three separate trestles.
A table on which meals are served in a dining room
Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. Within the rose family Rosaceae, it was traditionally placed as a subfamily, the Prunoideae (or Amygdaloideae), but was sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae (or Amygdalaceae).
The wood of the Cherry Tree. At one time, a popular wood for making pipes from. Now only a few companies produce cherry wood pipes.
Birch/Cherry Wood Crochet Hook Size K
Dave handcrafted this crochet hook using a birch stem and cherry wood finial with a purple swirl celluloid accent ring. It is 5 ? inches long, US size K, 6.500 mm. It has a hand rubbed satin bees wax finish.
Crafted - 22/52
Running out of ideas again - so plonked me hands on my parents handmade cherry wood dining table before I set it for sunday lunch