A Guide To Antique Desk S
There are many types of antique tables, manufactured in all kinds of styles and out of all sorts of
components.
Mahogany and walnut were very popular materials for making tables, although many
antique furniture were made out of...
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A Guide To Antique Desk S
There are many types of antique tables, manufactured in all kinds of styles and out of all sorts of
components.
Mahogany and walnut were very popular materials for making tables, although many
antique furniture were made out of natural stone or even glass.
There are some general guidelines that can be used to identify what time period a particular table is
from.
Furniture made before the eighteenth century are usually huge and heavy, as well as heavily
carved.
Eighteenth and nineteenth hundred years tables tend to be slender, with curved thighs an a
minimum of chiselling.
Tables from the last century tend to be more simple and effective.
Antique tables can be found in several styles:
1) Dining tables.
17th century dining furniture tended to be made of an individual solid piece of wood,
along with fixed legs, however, many of them did make usage of drop leaves (finishes that could be
raised for additional room or folded back) as well as swinging legs.
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