Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 252
226 Furniture of the Olden Time Tables, and the bases were often elaborately carved.The tops of the handsomest tables were carved outof a thick piece of wood, so as to leave a rim, tokeep the china from sliding off. This carved rim wasin different forms, the finest being what is now called … lllus. 191.—Claw-and-ball-foot Table, about 1750. pie-crust, with an ogee scallop. The plain rimis now known as the dish-top. Illustration 194shows a dish-top table belonging to Francis H.Bigelow, Esq. Illustration 193 shows a pie-crusttable owned by Dwight Blaney, Esq. Both tableshave…
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