Pollen, John Hungerford, 1820-1902 · [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education, by Chapman and Hall · leaf 138
FURNITURE. 26 old English tables are made with two thicknesses, the lower pulling out on either side to rest on supports drawn from the bed. A table of this description is kept at Hill hall, Essex ; and the woodcut represents … pieces of construction. Others were massively made with goat- footed legs that bulge well beyond the lines of the table top, which in these cases is often a slab of marble. The workman- ship is admirable. Mahogany had then supplanted the use of oak for large tables. Chests , Cabinets , and…
Furniture · Woodwork
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