A dropside table with deep flaps, of which one or more legs
is hinged, able to be opened to support the flap when raised. The hinged legs fold
under the tabletop, allowing the table to be compactly stored when not in use. The
number of legs varied from eight to twelve. These types of tables are believed
to have originated in the 16th century in England, and they were popular among
the wealthy upper class during the 17th and 18th centuries..
Most dining tables of the Jacobean and early Georgian
periods were round oak gateleg tables, usually with barley-sugar twist or
baluster turnings. Some card tables and most Sutherland tables work on the
gateleg principle.
In the early 20th century the gateleg table again become
popular as a small dining table, in a revived Jacobean style. The gateleg
revivals generally have barley twist turned legs and egg-shaped more...
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