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CPSC, Ethan Allen Announce Recall of Two Dining Tables

Home product recall 05-574. Announced by CPSC on May 17, 2005.

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CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on May 17, 2005. Copied from CPSC on Oct 24, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

These dining room tables can be missing sufficient stability blocks. That could result in the table collapsing.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Consumers should stop using the dining table and inspect the underside of the table. Consumers who purchased a recalled table are asked to contact the Ethan Allen Recall Center. Ethan Allen will schedule a service appointment and take corrective action.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: Ethan Allen is sending letters to all known customers of these dining tables. For more information, contact the Ethan Allen Recall Center at (888) 339-9398 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. Consumers also can contact Ethan Allen on their Web site at www.ethanallen.com or email the firm at recall@ethanalleninc.com

Which ones are recalled?

Recalled tables can be identified by a visual inspection of the underside of the table, looking for the presence of eight wooden blocks. If the wooden blocks are present, no corrective action is needed (see photos).

About 7,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

American Impressions and New Country Rectangular Dining Tables.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 4 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Distributed by Ethan Allen, Danbury, Conn.
  • Ethan Allen stores nationwide, from August 2003 through January 2005, for between $1,069 and $1,199.
  • Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

Ethan Allen is aware of 33 incidents of tables collapsing, where a table may have been missing sufficient stability blocks. Ethan Allen is not aware of any injuries caused by a table which collapsed.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

    Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 24, 2026.

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