historic Ketchum Building in the French Market of downtown Navasota, they remember a past era of long ago. Tokoly Tables will breathe old world charm and beauty into any home, while taking it on a journey to the days of the paintings of Giotto, the poetry of Dante and Chaucer, the travels of Marco Polo, and the architecture of Gothic cathedrals such as Chartres. grandiose French and Spanish antique tables. However, before "Tokoly Tables" was born, he began building tables using power tools, screws, and glue to attach and assemble the tables. It took Stephen approximate- ly a year to become proficient in mortise and tenon joinery, an ancient technique that has been used for thousands of years. The joinery is an intricate technique and the application even more so. This technique re- quires the assemblage of furniture without nails or screws. Even though the joint may be glued in place, Stephen does not adhere to using any glue in his furniture. "I have gone to great lengths to avoid the usage of glue or any form of metal joinery on my tables. If it cannot be accom- plished strictly with interlocking wood, I will not do it," Stephen says. cause "one of the skirt boards came off of an old cargo container and had a stencil with `DO NOT DROP' on it." Stephen recalls, "I didn't sand the stencil off and it's still on the table." This marked the beginning of "Tokoly Tables" and an extraordinary journey of building furniture that breathes passion, allure, and a forgotten time of long ago. to embrace stylized carvings into his tables for fear of departing from |