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A solid 2 inch (50 mm) timber top of uniform thickness (no false edges to give the appearance of a thick top).
Please ask should you require a custom (bespoke) size. Our tables come at a standard height of 30 inches (750 mm). The magnificent supports, or undercarriage, of this most
spectacular boardroom table are a study in how a practically designed
and engineered solution to a physical challenge (holding up a top that
may weigh in at 675 kg, or 1500 lbs.) can be exceptionally attractive
and almost as impressive as the magnificent slab of ancient reclaimed
hardwood from which the top is constructed.
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Ideal number of seats |
Length |
Width |
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Imperial |
Metric |
Imperial |
Metric | |
20 |
20 feet. |
6 meters. |
4 foot 8 inches. |
1.4 meters. | |
16 |
16 foot 8 inches |
5 meters. |
4 foot 4 inches. |
1.3 meter. | |
14 |
13 foot 4 inches. |
4 meters. |
4 feet |
1.2 meter. |
This piece is available in Reclaimed & Harvested Zambezi Teak. Click on Images to Enlarge:
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Reclaimed African Hardwood Boardroom Table
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Harvested Zambezi Teak Boardroom Table
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We custom design
bespoke pieces to suit your corporate needs, with tops of solid timber
of up to 3 inches (or 75 millimetres) thick. Each table is unique.
Every now and then the line of rail splits to two or more lines (such
as entering or leaving a station or siding). The point where the line
splits is called a ‘turnout’ and at this point extra long timbers are
required to span the dividing line of rail until it separates into two
distinct lines. These
extra long timbers (up to 4 meters or 13 feet), few in number
initially, are now very rare and difficult to find, with no more than a
couple of hundred still in existence. We at Savanna Wood have been
collecting these timbers for the past 15 years and once used up there
will be no more available. We
utilise these to manufacture our Premium Range. Tables built with these
wonderful full length slabs of timber are a stunning investment that
will simply never be replicated. Once these timbers are transported
back to our factory (often over thousands of kilometres), I, Richard
Lowe, select out the best of these special pieces to suit the client’s
particular needs. Often we do not get sufficient suitable timber in a
shipment to manufacture a table, so I place them aside and wait until
we are lucky enough to find just the right piece before proceeding.
Hence, we are often unable to give a delivery date until we have found
just the right timbers.
However, clients who want such a masterpiece have to
be prepared to wait as long as it takes to get it just right, as I will
not allow construction to continue until I am satisfied that we have
just the right timbers for the client’s requirements.
The
magnificent supports, or undercarriage, of this most spectacular
boardroom table are a study in how a practically designed and
engineered solution to a physical challenge (holding up a top that may
weigh in at 675 kg, or 1500 lbs.) can be exceptionally attractive and
almost as impressive as the magnificent slab of Zambezi Teak hardwood
from which the top is constructed. We custom design bespoke pieces to
suit your corporate needs. With
tops of solid African hardwood, this is truly an impressive piece.
Because of the immense weight of the timber, we recommend tops no more
than 2” (50 millimetres) thick. Each table is unique, individually
crafted from the finest sustainably harvested furniture hardwood found
anywhere. The ‘ship shape’ design sets it apart from our other tables
and is truly wonderful to behold. It allows for comfortable boardroom
meetings that will certainly impress the Directors!
Zambezi Teak is a very dense, and therefore hard, wood. It is sometimes
mistaken for Asian, Indian or Indonesian teak, which is a completely
different species. Our African Teak is very much harder and more
difficult to work. However, because it is so hard it is extremely
resistant to biological attack and physical ware and tare, and will
last, if looked after, for many hundreds of years. Savanna Wood
furniture is designed by professionals to give a uniquely attractive
product. The style reflects the massive strength and enhances the
beautiful grain and coloring of the timber used. None of our products
are stained and filled to hide blemishes or poor workmanship. We
prefer the character of a beautiful, honest piece of furniture lovingly
and painstakingly fashioned by hand.
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A solid 2 inch (50 mm) timber top of uniform thickness (no false edges to give the appearance of a thick top) with 3 massive turned pillar supports.
Please ask should you require a custom (bespoke) size. Our tables come at a standard height of 30 inches (750 mm). Built to order and from 3 meters to 6 meters or even more in length (10
to 20 feet or more) and resting on three or four massive turned timber
columns, our Matetsi boardroom tables must be one of the finest and
most impressive investments a corporation can make. Problem is,
executives may spend more time discussing the table than business!
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Ideal number of seats |
Length |
Width |
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Imperial |
Metric |
Imperial |
Metric | |
20 |
20 feet. |
6 meters. |
4 foot 8 inches. |
1.4 meters. | |
16 |
16 foot 8 inches |
5 meters. |
4 foot 4 inches. |
1.3 meters. | |
14 |
13 foot 4 inches. |
4 meters. |
4 feet. |
1.2 meters. |
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This Boardroom Table is available in Reclaimed & Harvested Zambezi Teak. Click on Images to Enlarge:
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Reclaimed African Hardwood Boardroom Tables
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Harvested Zambezi Teak Boardroom Tables
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Built to order and from 3 meters to 6 meters or even
more in length (10 to 20 feet or more) and resting on three or four
massive turned timber columns, our Matetsi boardroom tables must be one
of the finest and most impressive investments a corporation can make.
Problem is, executives may spend more time discussing the table than
business!
Painstakingly
constructed out of very rare and valuable reclaimed African Teak, each
timber for the top is carefully selected and laminated over many nights
in our workshop. We choose to work at night when the workshop is quiet
and uncluttered to allow the craftsmen working on the project peace and
room to carefully match and manoeuvre the long and heavy solid timber
sections into place and then individually dowel and laminate each one.
The work is hard, but the end result sure is worth all the effort!
At the turn of the last century railroads were built into
Central Africa
to open up the region to trade and administration. The
‘sleepers’ or ‘ties’ used to build these railways were harvested from a
locally available resource, African Hardwoods. This timber, and in
particular Zambezi Teak, is incredibly hard and durable and thus
perfectly suited to the requirements of the Railroad Engineers. So hard
that it is impervious to physical or biological attack, these
magnificent timbers did not require any treatment to preserve them, and
their beautiful, rich close grain polishes up to lustrous finish
unmatched by any other timber in the world.
The
majority of these timbers have long since been replaced by concrete.
However, some still exist on old rail lines or in mines, or were
collected by locals when they were lifted to use as fence posts or
building material. At
Savanna Woodwe have teams scouring
Central Africa
for the wonderful and valuable timbers to manufacture into truly unique Furniture products.
Painstakingly constructed out of wonderfully tough, hard, heavy Zambezi
Teak, also known as Rhodesian Teak, each timber for the top is
carefully selected and laminated over many nights in our workshop. We
choose to work at night when the workshop is quiet and uncluttered to
allow the craftsmen working on the project peace and room to carefully
match and manoeuvre the long and heavy solid timber sections into place
and then individually dowel and laminate each one. The work is hard,
but the end result sure is worth all the effort!
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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A massive 3 inch (75 mm) solid timber top of uniform thickness (no false edges to give the appearance of a thick top). Please ask should you require a custom (bespoke) size. Our tables come at a standard height of 30 inches (750 mm).
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Ideal number of seats |
Length |
Width | | |
Imperial |
Metric |
Imperial |
Metric | |
10 |
10 feet. |
3 meters. |
3 foot 8 inches. |
1.1 meters. | |
8 |
8 feet. |
2.4 meters. |
3 foot 3 inches. |
1 meter. | |
6 |
6 foot 4 inches. |
1.9 meters. |
3 foot 3 inches. |
1 meter. |
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This piece is available in Reclaimed & Harvested Zambezi Teak. Click on Images to Enlarge: |
Reclaimed African Hardwood Tables
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Harvested Zambezi Teak Tables
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“Ndlovu” The African Elephant. The greatest creature to roam the earth’s surface, and hence the name we have chosen to represent our most magnificent product. Built within sight of arguably the most spectacular natural wonder of the world, the Victoria Falls, (the largest curtain of falling water on the globe, measuring 1.7km in length and dropping from a height of 110 metres), the Ndlovu table is truly a statement of permanent beauty.
Each Ndlovu table is unique. When we send scouts out into the interior of Central Africa to search for old reclaimable sources of African Teak, we particularly seek out the very rare long timbers found in the beams of old houses and barns, or where two railway lines meet and extra long timbers straddle the junction.
Once these timbers are transported back to our factory (often over thousands of kilometres), we select out the best of these special pieces and decide on the size and style of table to be made from them. Often we do not get sufficient suitable timber in a shipment to manufacture a table, and so place them aside and wait until we are lucky enough to find just the right piece before proceeding.
We manufacture to the maximum practical table top thickness of approximately 3 inches (75mm), unless commissioned by a client to produce a slimmer design or the timbers sourced do not allow for this thickness. Due to the extreme density and toughness of the timbers (they have been seasoned by the elements over the decades to almost the consistency of steel!), these tables are extremely heavy, weighing up to 500kg, or 1100 lbs. There is little danger of one ever being illicitly removed from the rightful owner!
We will offer these wonderful pieces on a once off basis to selected clients. If you require notification of pieces as they become available, please contact us.
“Ndlovu” – The African Elephant. The greatest creature to roam the earth’s surface, and hence the name we have chosen to represent our most magnificent product. Built within sight of arguably the most spectacular natural wonder of the world, the Victoria Falls, (the largest curtain of falling water on the globe, measuring 1.7km in length and dropping from a height of 110 metres), the Ndlovu table is truly a statement of permanent beauty.
When timber arrives at the Savanna Wood factory, it is carefully graded and the very best pieces are put aside for special projects, such as building an Ndlovu table. These specially selected beams may take two years to season properly due to the extreme density of the timber, but they will not be touched until they have reached the correct moisture content and are properly seasoned. We manufacture to the maximum practical table top thickness of approximately 3 inches (75mm), unless commissioned by a client to produce a slimmer design or the timbers sourced do not allow for this thickness. Due to the extreme density and toughness of the timbers (they have been seasoned by the elements over the decades to almost the consistency of steel!), these tables are extremely heavy, weighing up to 500kg, or 1100 lbs. There is little danger of one ever being illicitly removed from the rightful owner!
We will offer these wonderful pieces on a once off basis to selected clients. If you require notification of pieces as they become available, please let us know.
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