Tommy Bahama Furniture Kingstown Collection Maldive Buffet

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Brand/Maker: Tommy Bahama Home (by Lexington Home Brands)
Piece Name: Kingstown Collection Maldive Buffet (Model 619-852)
Style: British … Read more Quick Hits
Brand/Maker: Tommy Bahama Home (by Lexington Home Brands)
Piece Name: Kingstown Collection Maldive Buffet (Model 619-852)
Style: British Colonial / Campaign / Safari-inflected
Materials: Hardwood solids and veneers; hammered copper serving surface; aged bronze hardware; Tamarind finish
Dimensions: 68"W × 23.25"D × 43"H
Drawers/Storage: 5 drawers (includes silverware-divided felt drawers); 2 doors; adjustable shelves; finished back
Original Retail: $4,129 (current production item)
Provenance: From the estate of the late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay
Why We Love It: A 68-inch hammered copper-top buffet in a Tamarind finish that appears black but reveals crimson and gold on closer inspection — this is a dining room piece with genuine character.

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The Tamarind finish is the first thing that needs explaining, because the photography will never fully do it justice. At a glance it reads as a rich, almost lacquered black — a finish with enough visual weight to anchor a dining room wall and hold its own against a substantial table and eight chairs. Look closer, in the right light, and the finish reveals itself: glimpses of deep crimson, threads of antique gold, the layered complexity of a finish that was clearly developed with the same care as the rest of this piece.

Against that Tamarind base, the hammered copper serving surface sits like a warm ember. The hammering isn't decorative fussiness — it's the kind of surface treatment that captures and reflects light in every direction, creating a warmth that a plain wood or stone top simply cannot replicate. The aged bronze hardware picks up the copper's register and completes a material palette that feels simultaneously colonial, artisanal, and genuinely luxurious.

Functionally, the Maldive is exceptional: 68 inches of serving width, five drawers (including two felt-lined with one divided for silver), two adjustable shelves behind cabinet doors, and a finished back that allows the piece to float in a room rather than being confined to a wall. From Jim Irsay's estate, where this piece lived before coming to market — a significant provenance for a piece built to significant scale and standard.

Design Style
British Colonial with a hint of campaign and a whisper of safari — Tommy Bahama's own description of the Kingstown collection, and it's accurate. British Colonial design's rattan, campaign hardware, dark lacquered finishes, and exotic material accents are all present here, elevated by the hammered copper and Tamarind finish into something more specific and dramatic than the category usually delivers.

The Maldive Buffet works in a dining room that wants to feel like a room rather than a set — somewhere that collects its character from objects with stories, materials with weight, and finishes with depth. It pairs with campaign-style accessories, rattan seating, Persian or dhurrie rugs, and the broader well-traveled interior sensibility that has been one of the more enduring currents in American residential design.

Brand Legacy
Tommy Bahama Home, produced under the Lexington Home Brands umbrella, translates the Tommy Bahama lifestyle brand into residential furniture with genuine quality investment behind it. The Kingstown collection has been among their most critically appreciated, combining the brand's resort-casual sensibility with upscale materials and construction that justify the original price point. The hammered copper and Tamarind finish of the Maldive Buffet represent real design and manufacturing investment — this is not beach-themed mass market furniture, but a properly conceived, well-executed piece built to a standard befitting its $4,000+ original retail. See less