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Message:: [QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 3198243, member: 5066"]SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOW in here so I thought I'd post about draw leaf tables.Very cool tables BTW.I wanted one for my eat-in kitchen but practicality got the better of me and I opted instead for a period W&M gateleg.Draw leaf tables were developed in the mid 16th century during the Elizabethan period, I don't think anyone knows for sure by who. Most likely originally by the Dutch, or possibly Flanders.Period tables tend to be very heavy & cumbersome with many assembled with threaded bolts & nuts, it's the only way to get them into or out of, a room.There was a revival of smallish draw leafs in England in the early 20th century and, I am betting that's when the "pub" table thingy was probably born. Probably like "tavern", a catchy way to market them. Click to enlarge photos Dutch Draw Leaf on loan to the MFA Boston, mid 17th century [ATTACH=full]296152[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]296153[/ATTACH]Notice the bolts on end, unless you happen to have a crane handy, about the only way to move this monster, take it apart[ATTACH=full]296154[/ATTACH] English Draw Leaf sold from Marhamchurch, Elizabethan, C. 1575 [ATTACH=full]296155[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]296156[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]296157[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]