The dining table is making a comeback

With the pandemic leading to people eating at home far more often, good-quality antique dining tables are increasingly at a premium

An early 19th-century Regency Cuban mahogany concertina dining table, courtesy of O’Sullivan Antiques, priced at €35,000

Brown furniture, a term used for Edwardian, Victorian and Georgian furniture, is making a comeback thanks to a new trend of marrying vintage with antique in a fresh yet classic chic way.

The global pandemic, and the current level five restrictions in particular, have led to people dining together at home, which has created a demand for good-quality dining tables, according to Mervyn Blanc of Dublin’s Yeats Country Antiques.

“D-end shapes are most popular because ...