A cherry wood gate-leg dining table in early 18th century English style, the top oval when extended, raised on turned supports with conforming stretchers, 29.13 in. high, 64.57 in. long (extended), 55.12 in. deep
- Turning - Any part of a piece of furniture that has been turned and shaped with chisels on a lathe. Turned sections include legs, columns, feet, finials, pedestals, stretchers, spindles etc. There have been many varieties and fashions over the centuries: baluster, melon, barley-sugar, bobbin, cotton-reel, rope-twist, and so on. Split turning implies a turned section that has been cut in half lengthwise and applied to a cabinet front as a false decorative support.
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