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Percival Lafer “MP-41” Living Room Set for Lafer MP, 1972, Set of 3
By Percival Lafer
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
material and frame. The butterfly-shaped joints refine the frame’s construction, tapering toward the center
Category
Vintage 1970s Brazilian Post-Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Leather, Wood
Live Edge Table Made of Maple with Blued Steel Base and Ebony Butterfly Joints
By Live Edge Design
Located in Duncan, BC
functional and durable dining surface. The butterfly joints seen in the middle are made of solid ebony
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Materials
Ebony, Maple
Rare Persian Walnut Conoid Dining Table by George Nakashima, 1971
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly figured, beautiful Persian walnut two board bookmatched top with five butterfly joints, on
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
1930s Side Table, Belgium
Located in Brugge, BE
oakwood with inserted butterfly joints in wenge wood. A nice example of good woodwork, for this solid
Category
Vintage 1930s Belgian Arts and Crafts Side Tables
Materials
Oak, Wenge
Rare Bloody Birch Conoid Dining Table by George Nakashima, 1975
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
board bookmatched top with four butterfly joints on an American black walnut base, with particularly
Category
Vintage 1970s American Dining Room Tables
Materials
Birch
Charred Oak Dining Chair with Hand Chiseled Japanese Joinery
By Chris Miano
Located in Union City, NJ
butterfly joint to solidify its surface. Staying true to traditional techniques the surface is charred with
Category
2010s American American Craftsman Chairs
Materials
Wood, Oak
THE JOHANNESBURG bENCH
By Derapage Design
Located in San Francisco, CA
reinforced with butterfly joints. The seat is supported by four square section camfered legs with a deep
Category
20th Century American Benches
$2,500
Mid=Century Thick Seat Heavily Made Hard Wood Garden Bench from a Tea Plantation
Located in Houston, TX
slope. You can see the way the bench is put together by old fashioned butterfly joints and by old world
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Benches
Materials
Wood
Tuxedo Assorted Wood Serving Platter by Kunaal Kyhaan
By KUNAAL KYHAAN
Located in Pune, IN
rosewood butterfly joint.
Add character, dimension and a little story-telling to your home.
Perfect for
Category
2010s Indian Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Spanish Refectory Table, Original Irons
Located in Port Chester, NY
over the years, right through to the table joints. Butterfly joints have been used to rejoin planks, to
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Spanish Dining Room Tables
Materials
Iron
Newcomb Macklin Giltwood Frame
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
traditional 45-degree miter cut, a butterfly joint or perhaps a dovetail joint, Newcomb-Macklin frame corners
Category
Early 20th Century American Renaissance Revival Picture Frames
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Plaster
Georgian 18th Century Six-Plank Oak Mule Chest Coffer Blanket Box Coffee Table
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
professionally repaired with butterfly joints from beneath (adds to charm and authenticity).
Please note that
Category
Antique 18th Century British Georgian Blanket Chests
Materials
Oak
Pair of Portraits, Husband and Wife, William Bonnell, American
Located in Litchfield, CT
supported by butterfly joints. Paint surface in over-all great condition. Some minor areas of restoration to
Category
Antique 1830s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
George Nakashima Inspired Figured Maple and Walnut Hand Carved Dining Table
By Mosart, Inc., Bruce M. Schuettinger
Located in New Market, MD
consists of multiple slabs connected with butterfly joints, however it pushes the concepts further by
Category
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Walnut Live-Edge Slab Mid-Century Style Sen Trestle Table by New York Heartwoods
By New York Heartwoods
Located in Accord, NY
traditional joinery techniques including wedged tusk tenons, butterfly key inlays, and bridle jointed feet
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Ta...
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Book-Matched Slab Walnut Trestle Dining Table
Located in Seneca, IL
joinery, such as large bridle joints and butterfly keys, the table's simple form highlights both the wood
Category
2010s American Rustic Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
$25,000 / item
Solid Cherry Dining Table with Traditional Trestle Base
By Drake Stuedemann
Located in Seneca, IL
joinery, such as large bridle joints and butterfly keys, the table's simple form highlights both the wood
Category
2010s American Rustic Dining Room Tables
Materials
Cherry
$12,000 / item
Book-Matched Cherry Dining Table with Nakashima-Style Trestle Base
By Drake Stuedemann
Located in Seneca, IL
joinery, such as large bridle joints and butterfly keys, the table's simple form highlights both the wood
Category
2010s American Rustic Dining Room Tables
Materials
Cherry
Incredible Rustic Book-Matched Walnut Dining Table with Walnut Trestle Base
Located in Seneca, IL
joinery, such as large bridle joints and butterfly keys, the table's simple form highlights both the wood
Category
2010s American Rustic Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
AM Shelve, Solid Cherry Wood, Handmade and Designed by Tomaz Viana
Located in Cascais, PT
the two vertical that serve as supports. Fine wood carved butterfly dovetailed joints made of walnut
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Minimalist Shelves
Materials
Wood, Cherry, Walnut
Live Edge Coffee Table with Butterfly Joint Detail
Located in New York City, NY
Solid wood live edge table with contrasting butterfly joint details on top - round tubular legs
Category
Early 20th Century French Tables
Materials
Wood
Custom Solid Cherry Dining Table with Walnut Butterfly Joints
Located in San Francisco, CA
Custom solid cherry square dining table with walnut butterfly joints. The top has a square cutout
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Dining Room Tables
Materials
Cherry, Walnut
Casey McCafferty Walnut Slab Dining Table with Brass Butterfly Joints
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Casey McCafferty walnut slab dining table with brass butterfly joints with waxed and sealed finish
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dining Room Tables
Materials
Brass
Set of 6 Dining Chairs with Butterfly Joints by Hans Wegner
By Hans J. Wegner, Carl Hansen
Søn
Located in New York, NY
Set of 6 dining chairs model No. CH-30 in teak with butterfly joints on backrests designed by Hans
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Dining Room Chairs
Cotswold School Oak Arts
Crafts Dining Table with Butterfly Joints to the Top
By Ernest Gimson
Located in London, GB
A Cotswold School Arts & Crafts style craftsman built oak dining table, with butterfly joints to
Category
Late 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
Elegant Solid Walnut Bench with Butterfly Joints
Located in Phoenix, AZ
tongue and groove sides butterfly accents and lovely original coloring to the walnut.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Chinese Butterfly Mortar
Located in Chicago, IL
apothecary to grind herbal medicines. Marked by petite butterfly joints and textured by the natural knots and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Vases
Materials
Elm
Exceptional Oversized Round Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional Oversized Round Coffee Table. Amazing woodwork with butterfly joints.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Maple
Mango Wood Coffee Table
Located in Culver City, CA
A gorgeous mango wood coffee table with stunning butterfly joints / joinery on the top.
Category
2010s Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Japanese Wood Blocks
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Beautifully hand crafted solid wood stools with butterfly joints. True artisanal work with great
Category
20th Century American Stools
Materials
Oak, Mahogany
$2,800
Bench By George Nakashima
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Walnut "free edge" bench with butterfly joints. Could also be used as a coffee table.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Benches
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Cross-leg Two Leaf Dining Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Chicago, IL
George Nakashima c.1970 Rare Cross-Leg two leaf walnut dining table with rosewood butterfly joints
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
George Nakashima Frenchman
s Cove Dining Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful sap-grained black walnut top with three rosewood butterfly joints. Sold with paperwork
Category
Vintage 1960s Dining Room Tables
George Nakashima Frenchman
s Cove Dining Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Walnut Frenchmans Cove dining table with three rosewood butterfly joints by George Nakashima. Table
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
Giant Teak Slab Bench
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Thick slab of teak wood bench or coffee table with incredible butterfly joints and character to the
Category
Vintage 1950s French Benches
Materials
Teak
$10,500
French Oak Coffee Table
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The perfectly patina'd French oak coffee table
Thick oak planks with butterfly joints
Wonderful
Category
Vintage 1940s French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
$5,500
Ebonized Oak Coffee Table In The Manner of Charlotte Perriand
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Long Island City, NY
four cylindrical legs with butterfly joints to underside.
Category
20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique French Country Farm Dining Table Farmhouse LARGE Trestle Base Oak 19th c
Located in Tyler, TX
pegged "butterfly" joints"~~sturdy baluster trestle base~~could accommodate 10-12 chairs, depending on
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
French Monastery Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
featuring butterfly joints and turned pedestals. Beautiful presence.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Farm Tables
Materials
Oak
$5,750
Large French Solid Oak Trestle Table, circa 1900
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
butterfly joints. Base consists of two massive, turned pedestals.
Category
20th Century French Country Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
Oak Primitive Console
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Primitive 3 legged oak console with gorgeous wood grain and multiple butterfly joints.
Incredible
Category
Vintage 1940s French Console Tables
Materials
Oak
$4,800
Dan Mack Oak Dining or Kitchen Table
Located in Essex, MA
top with inlaid rosewood "butterfly" joints. Rustic hewn oak legs and aprons
Category
Late 20th Century American Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak, Rosewood
Early 20th Century Love Token Inlaid Tripod Table
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
decoration. Butterfly joint to the underside. Welsh, circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Welsh Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Claro Walnut and Bronze Dining Table by BDDW
By BDDW
Located in Houston, TX
and butterfly joint details. Massive 108'' x 54'' top.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dining Room Tables
Materials
Bronze
Rodolfo Dordoni "Kitaj" Style Side Table
By Minotti, Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Astoria, NY
Rodolfo Dordoni for Minotti "Kitaj" Style Side Table, turned wood with four macassar butterfly
Category
20th Century Italian Organic Modern Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Macassar
George Nakashima Conoid Bench, 1973
By George Nakashima Studio
Located in Chicago, IL
, solid black walnut plank seat with two rosewood butterfly joints. Distinctive graining and shape.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Hickory, Rosewood, Walnut
Early 20th Century Neo-Classical Style Italian Carved Walnut Farm Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
construction and butterfly joints. It is stamped on the underside.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
c.1840 French White Oak Farmhouse Trestle Bench
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Gorgeous handmade French white oak, trestle based farmhouse bench with great butterflied joints and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Benches
c.1840 French White Oak Farmhouse Trestle Bench
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Gorgeous handmade French white oak, trestle based farmhouse bench with great butterflied joints and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Benches
Signed George Nakashima Walnut Conoid Table
By George Nakashima
Located in Dallas, TX
Coffee table designed and made by George Nakashima with rosewood butterfly joint. Verbally
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Free Form Exotic Wood Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful one solid piece of tropical conacaste wood. Patinated bronze mariposas (butterfly joints
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Iron
$10,500
George Nakashima 8
Dining Table in Bookmatched Walnut with 5 Rosewood Butterfly
By George Nakashima
Located in Philadelphia, PA
walnut boards, with five rosewood butterfly joints, The top fits precisely to the base and is secured
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
Nakashima Sap Walnut Dining Table
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
separate slabs joined by four rosewood butterfly joints. The base is typical splayed walnut spindle legs
Category
Vintage 1950s American Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut, Rosewood
French Triangular Painter
s Easel from the Turn of the 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
butterfly joint, the two vertical supposrts are angled, the center section adjustable
maximum height 88
Category
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Easels
Unique American Studio Craft Movement Desk.
Located in Miami, FL
with curved apron, two drawers, butterfly joints details.
One of a kind desk in the manner of Wendell
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Swedish Designer, Sculptural Minimalist Bench, Solid Stained Oak, Sweden, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
dovetail keys, similar to the butterfly joints used by George Nakashima.
Other designers of the period
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Oak
Antique French Farm Table Dining Refectory Table Desk Farmhouse Oak
Located in Tyler, TX
~~butterfly joints~~c. Early 19th century refectory table
This table has "the look"~~~one of our most
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
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