In the roughly 10,000 pieces of furniture that I've repaired, there have been 3 that were not some sort of lacquer. Highly unlikely that any commercial furniture made after 1940 is shellac. The reason Pledge was noted was that its silicone oil will dramatically affect most finishes with a problem called "fish-eye" -- little craters when a finish is applied over the top of it. The lifting of the finish is most likely due to a crack in the finish that has allowed water to get underneath and compromise the finish. Letting it go is only get worse.. While there are lots of repair approaches depending upon materials and skill available, you've spent a lot of money on this table and I'd suggest not trying to do a DIY and really messing it up. Contact the seller and see if this is a warranted claim damage. If not, try to find a competent furniture repair technician. A repair might include excavating and inserting a "dutchman", stripping and refinishing the top, filling with polyester filler, epoxy, burn in sticks, or really thick "repair lacquer" depending upon closer evaluation.

What is the surrounding space in the home decorated with? The wishbone chair looks nice with the table https://www.inmod.com/grant-featherston-contour-dining-chair.html https://www.inmod.com/eurostyle-calla-side-chair.html https://www.inmod.com/shc-patara-wood-dining-chair.html

I got some samples yesterday and hung up today to try to narrow down choices. I did look at the suedes and velvet, but ended up with linen blends. The one ask from my husband is not solid white as he says there’s too much in the rooms, so I’ll give him that one and eliminated those. :). One is more traditional the other more transitional?? I started to pull some prints because I felt the solids were too blah in the room. I would appreciate your thoughts as I found your comments very helpful. Thank you!!

@Alyssa - thanks will look for some pics, but mostly bright, formal, traditional - but it depends on lighting. Regarding colors, I've learned the hard way that you just can't go into a room and say e.g. I want to evaluate yellow tones, blue tones, and green tones. Since I believe lighting dictates which color to use. Thus I can't really say which colors I like. The kitchen and office are lighter yellows which are accentuated by sunlight - which to me is uplifting. Light blues and light greens are out for me. Yellows, beiges, ivory, cream, dark reds, dark greens, and grays (obviously) work, but oranges and peaches are too moody to me. Can you recommend furniture placement in the back 10x15' room (which was an office) using pics below? This room has a closet for outerwear (doors are off now) and a small closet with 4' tall door below the stairs -- for storage, suitcases, etc. The furniture in this room is a brown velour sleeper sofa under the windows, a desk on the far wall, and book shelves on the closest wall. I have not hung the artwork yet. About having an office downstairs, I have heard some friends complain about having an office downstairs, like it trashes the look of a house. So while sanding/refinishing the floors over the last month, I moved the desk/computer/books upstairs to an empty bedroom. Should I leave them there? @Jan - I picked up some high quality hand-knotted rugs & pads - one is an Iranian 8x12' made in the 1950s and never used/owned (image above - it's absolutely unreal!), and the other two are Indian (pics below). Also just finished installing red oak clear poly shoe molding everywhere, and touch up painting with small art brushes. Here's an nice Indian green-cream-beige that is an 8x10 for the DR (don't mind all the dirt on the AC intake vent - it's from sanding the floors, I need to pressure wash these outside): Finally the Indian 9x12' in the living room: (fyi - there's a large 3' polished brass fireplace cover which looks like a flower with 12 pedals - not shown. i also just gave the mantle a second coat of oil-based, so nothing's on it).