Coffee table
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A coffee table is a style of long, low table which is designed to be
placed in front of a couch, to support beverages (hence the name),
magazines, books, and other small items to be used while sitting.
Coffee tables may also incorporate cabinets for storage.
Coffee tables found their way into the West from the Ottoman Empire,
where they were a common fixture in tea gardens and other places
where coffee was served. They became especially common after the
siege of Vienna in 1683.
Tables come in a wide variety of shapes, height, and material,
depending on their origin, style and intended use. All tables are
composed of a flat surface and a base that may comprise of one or
more legs. The surface may be virtually of any shape, although
rectangular, square, round (a Round table) and oval tops are the
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A table may be freestanding or meant to be placed against a wall (a
console table). It might have more or less than four legs. A table
with a single, central foot is a pedestal table. Long tables often
have extra feet for support. Some tables have higher surfaces for
standing at, or sitting with a tall stool.
For some tables the top surface can be adjusted in size, with a part
that is foldable or can slide under the rest. Some tables are
entirely foldable for easy transport, e.g. camping. Small tables in
trains and planes may be fixed or foldable, although they are
usually some sort of shelf rather than a table.
A table can be used temporarily for objects such as food and eating
utensils during a meal, cups for drinks, a book (especially a big
one, that one can not easily keep in one's hands), a spread-out map,
writing paper during writing, and anything that requires having
several objects at hand, including various hobbies. Tables are
frequently used to drop small items such as keychains or pens until
further use. Tables sometimes substitute for other pieces of
furniture, such as chairs and beds that require little more than a
flat surface to accomplish their basic goal.
Things may also be put more permanently on a table, for example a
TV, computer, objects for decoration (such as vases or tablecloths)
etc. Table settings of food are laid out in a traditional
arrangement.
The first tables were made and used by the Egyptians, and were
little more than metal or stone platforms used to keep objects off
the floor. They were not used for seating people. Food was put on
large plates deposed on a pedestal for eating. The Egyptians made
use of various small tables and elevated playing boards.
The Greeks and Romans made more frequent use of tables, notably for
eating, although Greek tables were pushed under the beds after use.
The Greeks invented a piece of furniture very similar to the
guéridon. Tables were made of marble or wood and metal (typically
bronze or silver alloys). Later, the larger rectangular tables were
made of separate platforms and pillars. The Romans also introduced a
large, semicircular table to Italy, the mensa lunata.
Furniture during the Middle Ages is not as well-known as that of
earlier or later periods,and most sources show the types used by the
nobility. In the Eastern Roman Empire, tables were made of metal or
wood, usually with four feet frequently linked by x-shaped
stretchers. Tables for eating were large, usually round or
semicircular. A combination of a small round table and a lectern
seemed very popular as a writing table[2]. In western Europe, the
invasions and intestine wars caused most of the knowledge inherited
from the classical era to be lost. As a result of the necessary
immovability, most tables were simply boards on trestles, although
small round tables made from joinery reappeared during the 15th
century and onward. In the Gothic era, the chest became widespread
an was often used as a table. |
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