Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 268
horiginally had a silk bag attached, to hang belowthe table. Illustration 210 shows two work-tables of mahog-any and birds-eye maple, belonging to Francis H.Bigelow, Esq. Similar tables were common aboutthe years 18 10-1820. Up to 1800 the dining-table had been made in 244 Furniture of the Olden… … Illus. 212. —Phyfe Card-table, 1810-1820. leg, also in the way, and finally the Hepplewhitedining-table, which was made in sections, withrounded ends, and four legs on each end. About i8oo the pillar-and-claw table was invented,which made it possible for several persons to sit Tables 245 around a…
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