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wonderful table with handy magazine rack coming in at 40 by 40 inches.
This very attractive table is more suited to a smaller room. Made of
solid, heavy, Zambezi Teak, challenge your friends to pick it up!
All coffee table sizes can be fitted with a magazine rack. Please refer to the standard sizes above.
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Reclaimed African Hardwood Coffee Tables
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Harvested Zambezi Teak Coffee Tables
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A
wonderful table with handy magazine rack coming in at 40 by 40 inches.
This very attractive table is more suited to a smaller room and can be
created in the ‘Rough’ form with the wonderful character of the
original railway ties exposed on the legs. From the heart of Africa….
The wildness and beauty of the African bush growing on the deep and
ancient sands of the Kalahari veldt belies the savagely harsh
conditions under which diverse species of flora manage to prosper and
grow. To survive these adverse conditions requires a resilience and
toughness unknown in other species. One of the hardest and most durable
of these African hardwood trees, Baikiaea plurijuga, a.k.a. Zambezi
Teak, is amongst the most beautiful timbers in the world, with a fine,
close grain and deep, rich natural colour.
This characteristic of extreme durability and the fact that B.
plurijuga is so prevalent on the Kalahari sand veldt, made it the
timber of choice for the early settlers at the beginning of the last
centaury to build railway lines, housing, workshops, fence lines and
much else. Occasionally a building with beams and trusses made of B.
plurijuga will be demolished, or a hundred year old section of rail
line will be lifted and the sleepers (known as ties in America) will be
replaced with concrete. We send out teams to scour Central Africa for
the last remaining sources of these antique timbers which we buy up
(they are becoming increasingly scarce and difficult to find) and
return to our workshop to be handcrafted into our Reclaimed Zambezi
Teak collection of what must be some of the most intrinsically
valuable furniture being crafted in the modern age. It has been
seasoned by the elements over the decades to the consistency of steel,
making it extremely difficult to work with, but virtually
indestructible. It is truly an investment of a lifetime that will last
countless lifetimes.
Zambezi Teak, characteristically of many African hardwoods, is
exceptionally hard and durable. In 1952 a worldwide enquiry was
instituted that explored every possible timber to find the most
suitable material for making the floors of the London Corn Exchange.
It had to be of particular hardness and durability because of the heavy
use to which it would be put and the damaging effect of the corn
kernels ground underfoot. After much deliberation and a series of
stringent tests, a decision was reached to make the floors out of
Zambezi Teak. Zambezi Teak was proven to be the hardest and most
durable wood in the world for this purpose. It has been extensively
used for railway sleepers (ties), but very seldom for fine furniture
because of the great difficulties in working it. We at Savanna Wood
have developed methods of work to handle this magnificent but steely
hard timber.
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