The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . eathing running about the or water leaf ornament usually adorned thelower part of the upper section. Sometimes the toppart of the posts was merely fluted. TABLES Tables were of great number and variety. First ofall, there were range tables in sections. The end sec-tions were semi-circular and often had a drop leaf onthe side. These two ends, along with other rectangulartables of similar pattern placed between them, wereoften put toget
The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . eathing running about the or water leaf ornament usually adorned thelower part of the upper section. Sometimes the toppart of the posts was merely fluted. TABLES Tables were of great number and variety. First ofall, there were range tables in sections. The end sec-tions were semi-circular and often had a drop leaf onthe side. These two ends, along with other rectangulartables of similar pattern placed between them, wereoften put together to make long dining tables (PlateXXVII, p. 216). Then there were the semi-circular(Key XI, 5), semi-oval or serpentine-fronted sidetables, which were meant to stand beneath mirrors orbetween windows. Then again, there were the cardtables with serpentine or bowed fronts and a foldingleaf that either lay flat on its companion half of the topor stood up against the wall when not in use. There were also the Pembroke tables with two rect-angular drop leaves, a drawer at the ends in the underframing and squared tapered legs with spade END SECTION OF MAHOGANY INLAID HEPPLEWHITE RANGE TABLE, TAPERED LEG AND BANDED ANCLE In possession of Harold D. Eberlein, Esq.
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