Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 250
Illus. 190. —Dutch Card-table, 1730-1740. 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,… … lilus. 19 1. — 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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