Just noticed my typo. Lol. I meant Gothic Revival. iPads...

I just checked the tops of the feet. Where each foot/paw is, there is very little wear on the top lip/edge of the table top. Where there is no foot/paw, the straight section of the top is worn on the edge, as if an arm moved back and forth for many many years. The repair you mention, is not a repair. That is how each individual leg is made. There is a square above each paw. Each paw has lion fur carved out on the sides, and lion claws carved on each toe. The arched pattern that extends around each side of the table, under the lip, must be where they got the style name from. I don't know. It definitely looks medieval, or castle-esque, when you see it live. The brackets/clips are underneath the top. I couldn't see them clear enough to get a clue to their age and material make up. I will lay on the porch and try to shine light as well as get a good look/pic. It's too large to get through my door, and I didn't want to take it apart as yet, until I knew more. The color doesn't look like oak in person, but hey, I don't know, which is why I am here. It doesn't have that lovely golden tone to it. But as I said, I am no expert!

Regina

The "tone" of oak depends a lot on the finish. The top part looks like oak grain....the middle and bottom looks like a wood with a finer grain.
"castle-esque"...yeah....that's why I suggested lodge furniture.

Sitting at one of the paw sections, your knees would be straddling the base section, and your feet would not easily reach a paw. Just tried it lol. My son said he will lay a blanket down for me tomorrow, we will flip the table over, and check out those modern brackets. I want to remove the top from the base now, to see how it was originally affixed. Were there large dowels that were broken over time? I will sleuth more and let you know! I examined the carvings and can see they were not machined.

Regina

Drapery, volutes, fishscales, gadrooning, and hairy paw feet are not Gothic, they are classical or Renaissance elements.

The clips are holding the table top on.

The variety of decorative elements and the rougher look to the carved paws and the box above them compared to the upper legs has me thinking this is a "married" piece ... lions' feet from table "A", upper legs from Table "B", and top and arched carving from Table "C" or C and D.

Although, I have seen catalog offerings with a smorgasbord of decorative details.

Sombreuil...I searched for Renaissance style hexagonal tables and found one that is similar to mine. I thank you for new leads so have been researching features that constitute style eras. Seeing that this table does indeed have features from different styles, I think you are very correct in naming it. Being a layman, I am grateful for any and all opinion and advice. This is a photo of one similar to mine.

Lazy_gardens,. I know the clips are holding on the top. My interest is how was the top held on originally, and how modern are the clips, giving me info on possible modification. I feel if I know how the thing was originally put together will not only help date the piece, but possibly who made/designed it, when, and where. I may never know these things, but I am always wanting to learn. I will check out the connections of paws to base as well. You can see the side wear on those blocks above the paws. The rubbed down wood is awesome! Soft and smooth to the touch. Would close up pics of each stylized piece help? Like showing connections, wood grain etc.

I'm amazed that you found one almost identical.

The top may be a replacement, based on the newness of the metal clips. Or the whole table may be from 1983 or some recent manufacture.

Could it be an Asian import?...fairly recent?

Metal retainers for table tops are quite old, which means they are of little help. They let the top expand and contract freely so it doesn't split itself or the apron.

HERE is a link to Evans & Gerst Antiques. Am I reading this right. Bottom formed from Italian Choir Stalls, top walnut, 3 available?

Yes, that is the one similar to mine. I am no expert, but I own a lot of antiques, and this is definitely not a new, or even vintage table, so I wouldn't think it's an Asian import. I can see the wear on the top. The edge has a deep groove/edge all the way around. The sides that were used the most, where there was no foot to interfere, has major wear where arms would have rested moving back and forth. The squares above the feet/paws, are worn unevenly where legs would have brushed them. The sheer time involved in that kind of wear.. The carvings are not uniform like a machine, but well done. I haven't flipped it over yet, so will definitely let you all see/know what I find. I got busy yesterday.

Regina

I feel like an idiot! I didn't look at the underside, all the way around! There is a plate underneath that says Kittinger! The brackets and screws are original, and have the red rust oxidation. The area around them is black oxidized. I can pay to have Kittinger research the piece at $25 per hour with a minimum of two hours, lol. I may do that out of curiosity. You all have been wonderful in trying to help figure this piece out. I have been researching as much as possible, and found that the table had to have been made after 1913, as that is the year the Kittinger brothers bought out the Colie family furniture they had been working for. They were designers and craftsmen for the company before and after.

So nice to find the furniture tag! Here is one estimation of the year the tag was used. I found it interesting.

https://www.rubylane.com/item/522414-ls004568/Vintage-Kittinger-Company-8-Inch-Terrestrial

Here you can find an unusual table with a drawer, but with so many elements the same as your table. Who knows if they are made by the same manufacturer, one is a replica of the other, or the Italian Renaissance table owner simply mislabeled the provenance and age? Congratulations on buying that beautiful table. Please let us know if you receive information from the company.

https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/1121189/f_41403731456834789561/4140373_l.jpg

@ Voila...That was the one I found too :-). The globe. I will check out your other link.

@Voila... Oh wow, I love the table you found! The link just went to the pic, but..it has so many elements the same. Mine has the glass top as well. The biggest difference I see is the drawer, head, and lack of fur on the paws, but wow, so many other elements are the same.

@Voila... I think you are so right. If that table is truly from the 1700's, mine must be a reproduction of that style! I looked at so many tables on that site. I will definitely post if I hear back from the company! ;-)

here's one with some similarities in the banding of the top. I still suspect a marriage between the feet and the top.

http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/hexagonal-walnut-center-table,-kittinger-distinct-50-c-52841faa79

With so little wear showing and the construction of the legs, would this table possibly be a front hall table used to display a bouquet and receive calling cards? Just guessing.

I do believe it was meant to be a center or foyer/hall type of table. It would be awkward as a dining table, because of the base/leg placement.

My 1st thought when I saw it was that it was in a large room's bay window, they covered the table with a lace tablecloth, had a lamp on it & some books or figurines, an aunt had her African Violet collection in a tin lined wood box on her's that was quite different from yours(in shape). That shape would fit nicely into 1 of those bay window areas especially if it was large as many older homes were.

Center tables were usually higher than dining tables, like 34"

Casey