| 词条 | Trestle table |
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A trestle table is an item of furniture consisting of two or three trestle supports linked by a longitudinal cross-member over which a board or tabletop is placed.[1] In the Middle Ages, the trestle table was often little more than loose boards over trestle legs for ease of assembly and storage.[2] This simple, collapsible style remained the most common Western form of table until the 16th century, when the basic trestle design gave way to stronger frame-based structures such as gateleg and refectory tables.[3] Ease of assembly and storage has made it the ideal occasional table, and it remains a popular form of dining table, as those seated are not so inconvenienced as they might be with the more usual arrangement of a fixed leg at each corner. Construction and usesTrestle tables figure prominently in the traditional Americana style of household furnishings, usually accompanied by spindle-backed chairs.[4] The trestles in this case are normally of much higher quality, often made of oak and braced with a stretcher beam using a keyed tenon through the centre of each trestle. These typically support a high-quality waxed oak tabletop.[5] Trestle tables are also used in the event furniture industry, they are the main table used at weddings and other types of venues today.[6] HeraldryThe trestle (also tressle, tressel and threstle) is (rarely) used as a charge in heraldry, and symbolically associated with hospitality (as historically the trestle was a tripod used both as a stool and to support tables at banquets).[7] See also
References1. ^Webster's Third New International Dictionary 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.finewoodworking.com/PlansAndProjects/PlansAndProjectsAllAbout.aspx?id=3021|title=Blackburn, G. (n.d.). A Short History of Tables. Retrieved from Fine Woodworking.com.|publisher=}} 3. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=R8BMW6Au7pQC&printsec=frontcover&client=firefox-a Gordon Campbell, The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts Vol 2, Oxford University Press US (2006) p411] 4. ^http://www.shaker.net/html/trestle.html Examples of modern trestle table and chairs 5. ^http://www.oldandsold.com/articles03/hf1.shtml Americana-style trestle table 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.strictlytablesandchairs.co.uk/trestle-table-history|title=Trestle Table History|website=Strictly Tables and Chairs|access-date=2016-06-02}} 7. ^1 Guillim, John. "A Display of Heraldry" 1724 External links
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