Phillips Game Table
A game table belongs to the second half of the evening. Dinner is over, the coffee is poured, and someone suggests a hand of bridge, or backgammon, or the jigsaw puzzle that has been on the sideboard since Thanksgiving. The Phillips is built for that hour. It is a square, unfussy table with round legs, a clean apron, and a top that asks to have cards dealt on it.
The top can be solid wood, inset leather, or Kvadrat felt. Felt is the old card-room choice: quiet underfoot for the cards and kind to the chips. Leather is for people who want the table to look as good on a Tuesday afternoon, with a stack of mail and a lamp on it, as it does at game time. Felt comes in a generous range of Kvadrat’s colors, the more saturated the better. Wood suits the household that plays only at Christmas and doesn’t want to say so.
The Square to Round Phillips
Four people at a square table play bridge. Six people at a square table argue about who gets the corner. The newest Phillips settles this. Four semicircular leaves set into the sides, and the square top becomes a round one 60⅞" across: a supper table, a poker table, a table for the whole party.
Shown in ebonized white oak, with the top and every leaf inset in Garrett Leather’s Chatham in Ruby, a deep claret that looks better as the light goes down.
The Leaf Carrier Case
Table leaves usually end up under a bed or behind the coats. These have a home of their own: a half-moon case made to their shape, covered in the same Ruby leather and lined in deep auburn canvas. It carries on two dark chocolate English bridle leather straps, with bridle leather corner guards to match. It stands upright beside the table like a well-trained dog, and it is handsome enough to be left out. The idea comes from campaign furniture: anything worth taking with you deserves a proper case.
Materials
Wood: twenty-six woods and finishes, from pale to nearly black, plus several specialty finishes
Top: wood, inset leather, or Kvadrat felt
Leaf case: leather exterior, canvas interior, English bridle leather straps
Dimensions
40" × 40" × 30" H
50" × 50" × 30" H
60" × 60" × 30" H (largest size available in felt)
72" × 72" × 30" H (leather only)
Convertible: 43" × 43" × 30" H; 60⅞" diameter with leaves
Bespoke conversations welcome.
Wood: 26 woods from light to dark and several specialty finishes
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