Vintage Home Furniture

Hitchcock Fine Home Furniture?

I am inheriting a dinining room table that seats 8 and was wondering if they make anything that I can place on top of the table to protect it. I have two cats that have slipped when jumping onto furniture and their little claws come out and damage the furniture. This dining room table was appraised at around $2,000, I'd like to keep it in the same condition that I received it in for many years to come. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_Hitchcock http://www.usedhitchcockchair.com/

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1. You can google custom table pads and be sure to find an exact match of the wood color...it will look like a reguar table top but its actually a very thin foam pad. That's one idea.
2. If you go to a fine furniture store in your area (like robb & stuckey), they will come to your house make a template, and order it for you. Look for a company in your area that sells Henredon furniture (go to their site, and find a dealer). That will be the fine furniture store that you can go to. Call 1st and tell them what you need, they may ask you to make the template, but more than likely they will do it.