A Table is an article of furniture consisting of a flat top on at least one leg. It is derived from the Latin word “Tabula” which means a plank or a flat piece of board.
In ancient Greece tables were used for eating. Such tables were lightweight and portable so they could be easily removed when the meal was over and pushed under a bed after use.
The Romans inherited their designs from late Greek styles and moved toward richer designs. The Romans also developed more permanent tables with round or rectangular tops supported by three or four legs to accommodate their increased number of household goods.
Loo tables were very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were originally made for the popular card game called loo or lanterloo, but were soon adopted for other purposes such as as candlestands, tea tables, or small dining tables. The typical loo table has an oval or round top, and a hinged mechanism fitted to a pedestal base, enabling the table to be easily stored when not in use.
The sewing table was a small table designed to hold sewing materials and implements, providing a convenient work place for women who sewed. They originated in England around 1770 and was adopted in post-Revolutionary War America. Prior to the use of the sewing table, women kept needlework in a basket or bag.
Billiards tables are bounded tables on which billiards and similar games are played. All provide a flat surface, covered with cloth, (sometimes erroneously called felt) elevated above the ground.
Billiards originated as an early version of lawn bowls and Billiard cloth is colored green in recollection of the game's outside lawn origins.
Mary Queen of Scots owned one of the world's first billiard tables. After she was imprisoned she was allowed at first to keep a table in her Tower of London cell. Later it was removed and whilst awaiting her execution she complained of being deprived of her billiard table.
Traditionally, tables in Japan, chabudai, are low, sometimes round tables, for tea and food.
When retired teacher Claire Wiegand-Beckmann bought an old card table for $25 at a garage sale it proved to be a good investment. She later discovered that it was one of six tables left in the world by furniture makers John Seymour & Son. The table, an 18th-century gem, was sold at Sotheby's in 1998 for $541,500.
The longest Ramadan iftar table was organized in June 2017. The record-breaking iftar table brought together 5,400 people from all over Lebanon, who gathered at the wooden heart-shaped table at Beirut’s Waterfront. At 2,184 m (7,165 ft 4 in) table it beat the former record held by Ghana.
Source Encyclopedia Brittanica
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In ancient Greece tables were used for eating. Such tables were lightweight and portable so they could be easily removed when the meal was over and pushed under a bed after use.
The Romans inherited their designs from late Greek styles and moved toward richer designs. The Romans also developed more permanent tables with round or rectangular tops supported by three or four legs to accommodate their increased number of household goods.
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| Roman dining table: mensa lunata. By Gaius Cornelius |
Loo tables were very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were originally made for the popular card game called loo or lanterloo, but were soon adopted for other purposes such as as candlestands, tea tables, or small dining tables. The typical loo table has an oval or round top, and a hinged mechanism fitted to a pedestal base, enabling the table to be easily stored when not in use.
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| Folded late 18th century English loo table with Japanese motifs. By Hiart |
The sewing table was a small table designed to hold sewing materials and implements, providing a convenient work place for women who sewed. They originated in England around 1770 and was adopted in post-Revolutionary War America. Prior to the use of the sewing table, women kept needlework in a basket or bag.
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| Work table, about 1840,, By VAwebteam at English Wikipedia |
Billiards tables are bounded tables on which billiards and similar games are played. All provide a flat surface, covered with cloth, (sometimes erroneously called felt) elevated above the ground.
Billiards originated as an early version of lawn bowls and Billiard cloth is colored green in recollection of the game's outside lawn origins.
Mary Queen of Scots owned one of the world's first billiard tables. After she was imprisoned she was allowed at first to keep a table in her Tower of London cell. Later it was removed and whilst awaiting her execution she complained of being deprived of her billiard table.
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Traditionally, tables in Japan, chabudai, are low, sometimes round tables, for tea and food.
When retired teacher Claire Wiegand-Beckmann bought an old card table for $25 at a garage sale it proved to be a good investment. She later discovered that it was one of six tables left in the world by furniture makers John Seymour & Son. The table, an 18th-century gem, was sold at Sotheby's in 1998 for $541,500.
The longest Ramadan iftar table was organized in June 2017. The record-breaking iftar table brought together 5,400 people from all over Lebanon, who gathered at the wooden heart-shaped table at Beirut’s Waterfront. At 2,184 m (7,165 ft 4 in) table it beat the former record held by Ghana.
Source Encyclopedia Brittanica
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