Trestle table
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In woodworking, a trestle table is a table consisting of two or three trestle supports, often linked by a stretcher, over which a board or tabletop is placed. In the Middle Ages, the trestle table was
English trestle table, 16th century. Trestles are joined at the stretcher and tabletop.
Table with two free-standing four-legged trestles. Château de Beynac, France.
American trestle table, 18th century
Trestle table at the Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia
Gateleg table
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A gateleg table or gate-leg table is a type of furniture first introduced in England in the 16th century. The tabletop has a fixed section and one or two hinged leaves, which, when not in use, fold do
Trestle table
…remained the most common Western form of table until the 16th century, when the basic trestle design gave way to stronger frame-based structures such as gateleg and refectory tables. Ease of assembly and storage has made it the ideal occasional table, and it remains a popular form of dining table, as those…
Gateleg table, between 1690 and 1720, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Gateleg table, between 1700 and 1750, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Gateleg table of maple and tulip polar wood, New England, 1715-1730, Chazen Museum of Art.
Gateleg table, between 1715 and 1740, Metropolitan Museum of Art.