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Gateleg table
Type of dropleaf table From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 down below the fixed section to hang vertically.
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Gateleg tables are a subset of the type known as a dropleaf. The hinged section, or flap, was supported on pivoted legs joined at the top and bottom by stretchers constituting a gate. Large flaps had two supports, which had the advantage of providing freer leg space in the centre.[1] The earliest gateleg tables of the 16th and 17th centuries were typically made of oak.
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- 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.
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