Time and Patience: A Table Story

They don't make things the way they used to.  Around the turn of the century (1900 century) a man doing time in prison J. Sidna Allen made a table out of wood.  The table consisted of 75,000 pieces of wood with a natural wood finish.  No paint and no stain were used and the colors are defined by the different types of wood.

My great grandfather read about this story and made a similar table consisting of 35,000 pieces of wood.  There are eight different types of wood to make the design, however this table had a wood finish applied.

The story goes that they don't make things the way they used to.  Maybe they can but what is missing is a little time and patience.