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2. Console table - Wikipedia

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   The bracket supports are frequently highly decorative. A console table is a table whose top surface is supported by corbels or brackets rather than by the usual four legs. [1] It is thus similar to a supported shelf and is not designed to serve as a stand-alone surface. It is frequently used as pier table (which may have legs of any variety ...

3. Pier table - Wikipedia

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   A pier table is a table designed to be placed against a wall, either between two windows [1] or between two columns. [2] It is also known as a console table (French: console, "support bracket"), although furniture historians differentiate the two types, not always consistently. [3][a] Above the table there was very often a tall pier glass on ...

4. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Most tables are composed of a flat surface and one or more supports (legs). A table with a single, central foot is a pedestal table. Long tables often have extra legs for support. Dinner table and chairs. Table tops can be in virtually any shape, although rectangular, square, round (e.g. the round table), and oval tops are the

5. State Dining Room of the White House - Wikipedia

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   The surtout de table, crafted by Denière et Matelin in France, was 14 feet (4.3 m) long when fully extended. [22] The piece had seven sections, each 24 inches (61 cm) long, which could be removed or inserted as needed to adjust the length. [23] It had a mirrored floor, and garlands of fruit and flowers formed the rim.

6. Corbel - Wikipedia

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   Whereas "corbel" is rarely used outside architecture, "console" is widely used for furniture, as in console table, and other decorative arts where the motif appears. The word corbel comes from Old French and derives from the Latin corbellus, a diminutive of corvus ("raven"), which refers to the beak-like appearance.

7. Louis XV furniture - Wikipedia

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   The furniture of the Louis XV period (1715–1774) is characterized by curved forms, lightness, comfort and asymmetry; it replaced the more formal, boxlike and massive furniture of the Louis XIV style. It employed marquetry, using inlays of exotic woods of different colors, as well as ivory and mother of pearl. The style had three distinct periods.