we've been discussing the virtues of drop-leaf tables for years. They're ultra-functional, versatile (a dining table and a console table in one - what's not to love?), and best suited for smaller ...

self-storing leaf dining tables, and drop-leaf dining tables. Butterfly-leaf styles have folding seams at the center of the extension leaf, so they open up and close like a set of butterfly wings.

The table is 94 inches long and 66 inches wide when both the drop leaves are open. I have been told it is called a "coffin table" -- whatever that is. What can you tell me about its age and value?

The table is 94 inches long and 66 inches wide when both the drop leaves are open. I have been told it is called a “coffin table” -- whatever that is. What can you tell me about its age and value?