Yellow Crane Console Table

Yellow Crane console table: Poplar, pigmented conversion varnish; 30″h x 14″d x 56″w; $7500

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The Yellow Crane Console Table, like the Blue Crane, is made of poplar and is finely joined with mortise and tenon joinery and then hand-sculpted to its finished form. After meticulous sanding and detailing several coats of a pigmented conversion varnish are sprayed on it. This particular color is matched to Sherwin Williams’ “Gold Finch”. The colored conversion varnish is followed by a sprayed, satin, protective clear coat.

The Crane Console table is a dramatic, sculptural piece that I have recently begun creating, after imagining its form for quite some time. As with my Wedge table, the Crane’s cantilever is its most distinct feature. But with the Crane, I have taken the shape and gesture in a much more animated, and fluid direction. The cantilevered top is incredibly strong and rigid at its end thanks to the gradual taper on the underside and strong joinery where it attaches to the table’s upright.

The Yellow Crane Console table is the latest edition (#3) of my painted Crane tables. Three of the images above show it in my showroom, above my studio, in Edgecomb, Maine.  The other two are from a photo shoot on Hendrick’s Head Beach, just down the peninsula from my studio, on Southport Island. 

Please contact me to order or to discuss the many wood and color options available by commission.