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Drop Leaf Table
These are any number of tables that feature
one or more sections that can be lowered to save space
and raised when needed for more space. The sections
or leaves are hinged and when raised are supported by
brackets that pivot out or legs that pivot out. Drop
leaf tables normally are associated with dining tables,
end tables and side tables.
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Farm Table
This table refers to any number of "country"
work tables. We normally associate these working tables
with informal dining areas. Farm tables were normally
simple and sometimes crude in their design. Less expensive,
local woods were used since these tables were subjected
to a lot of use and abuse. The legs took may shapes,
but were usually straight and sometimes tapered toward
the bottom.
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Gateleg Table
These tables were believed to have had their
beginning in England in early 1600's. A gateleg table
features a center section with a dropped section on
either side. A leg or gate which pivots or swings out
is used to support the dropped section when pulled up
and in use.
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Harvest Table
A type of dining table that is normally long
and narrow most often with dropped leaves on either
side that can be raised when used and lowered when not
in use.
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Pembroke Table
A rectangular side table with dropped leaves often used
for serving food or tea. It was named for English royalty.
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Tea Table
The tea table was used for serving tea and usually features
a pull out shelf on each end of the table just underneath
the top. The top often had a moulded edge both for decoration
and to keep the china from slipping off. Usually seen
with Queen Anne legs, but examples are available with
Chippendale legs as well.
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