INCOMPARABLE PETRIFIED SEQUOIA COFFEE TABLE
Eocene – 50 million years old
Oregon

This is the end piece of a petrified sequoia log cut and polished to a mirror finish and among the most aesthetic examples of a petrified wood table available. The sides and bottom reveal the irregular, asymmetric character one would anticipate in encountering the end of a log. A level surface is accomplished through custom table legs of different lengths matched to the log’s contours. The result is an object of extraordinary beauty. The polished surface possesses a dominant earth tone palette that enables this table to fit in a variety of environments. Swirls of coffee and khaki with accents of milk chocolate and creams abound. Providing a further accent is a contrasting ivory rim, which runs along the log’s perimeter. The irregular base of the table provides a calm organic sensation while the exterior of the log is dappled in a palette similar to its cut and polished mirror surface. This is a matchless specimen. Petrified wood occurs when trees are quickly covered with silica-rich sediments that later seep into the trees and harden into quartz. Coloration results from the presence of trace elements and minerals in the sediments. Sized appropriately for a coffee table, and destined to become a centerpiece of any room it occupies—or any collection it graces. This is an exquisite example of decorative natural history.

Estimate: $15,000 -19,000