Q:We bought a Romweber Viking Oak round table at an estate sale about 25 years ago. It’s 66 inches in diameter and has a beveled glass insert that fits in the tabletop. If you look down through the small center hole, you can see a carved horse’s head in the center of the eight-leg base. We were told the table was originally a wedding gift from Mr. Romweber for a friend. It was supposedly made to fit at the bottom of a circular stairway.

A:Romweber Co. has been in business in Batesville, Ind., since 1930. It was formed when the Romweber family took over the American Furniture Co. it had helped found in 1879. Romweber’s “Viking Oak Collection” was introduced in 1935 and remained popular into the late 1980s. Your table may have been a special order, but its value is affected more by its style and condition. In good shape, it could sell for more than $1,000. Collectors like Viking Oak pieces.

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