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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aquitaine, post: 165790, member: 602&quot;]From one source &quot;<a href="http://www.antiques.about.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.antiques.about.com" rel="nofollow">www.antiques.about.com</a>&quot; :</p><p>The Pembroke table is a small, light table, possessing two hinged leaves, which can be raised to increase the size, and a drawer at either end. The sides and table itself can be of various shapes, but a rectangular table with rounded or scalloped sides is the most familiar. Legs are usually slender, sometimes connected with an X-stretcher.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dating from mid-18th century England (and possibly named for the Earl or Countess of Pembroke), it is typical of the portable furniture pieces popular at the time, and characteristic of Georgian, Neoclassical and Federal styles, including those of Chippendale, <a href="http://antiques.about.com/od/furniture/a/SheratonStyle010710.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://antiques.about.com/od/furniture/a/SheratonStyle010710.htm" rel="nofollow">Sheraton</a> and <a href="http://antiques.about.com/od/furniture/a/Hepplewhite120109.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://antiques.about.com/od/furniture/a/Hepplewhite120109.htm" rel="nofollow">Hepplewhite</a> (who called it &quot;the most useful of this species…the long square and oval are the most fashionable&quot; shapes).&nbsp; So, I guess it comes in many shapes and sizes!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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