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Loper

a pullout arm used to support the hinged fall of a oak bureau ... read more
 

Lunette

Decoration (panel, overlay, motif, etc.) shaped like a half-moon. Often found on oak refectory tables and carved reproduction oak refectory tables ... read more
 

Oak

Hard wood evergreen tree. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scal ... read more
 

Pewter

Any of numerous silver-gray alloys of tin with various amounts of antimony, copper, and sometimes lead, used widely for fine kitchen utensils and tableware. ... read more
 

Platter

a large shallow dish used for serving food. Would be pewter in origin and usually served from an oak dresser or oak server. many platters were made from pewter. ... read more
 

Rack

framework for holding objects. Oak dressers all have racks for keeping Pewter plates or pewter jugs. Normally made from oak. ... read more
 

Rails

The horizontal members of framed furniture, e.g., the long sidepieces of beds or the side framing in casework. An oak carved refectory table has rails as does an oak moulded refectory table or plain ... read more
 

Refectory Table

Long, narrow table named after the refectory (dining room) of the monks in of the Middle Ages, in which it was first used. A refectory table was usually made from oak, hence Oak refectory table. See ... read more
 

Reproduction

The act of reproducing or the condition or process of being reproduced. ... read more
 

Settle

a long wooden bench with a back, normally made from oak and sometimes carved with stylised plants and lunette carving. ... read more
 

Stretcher

A horizontal brace in an H or X shape, often decorative, connecting the legs of a table or chair. ... read more
 

Tapestry

A heavy, often hand-woven, ribbed fabric, featuring an elaborate design depicting a historical or current pictorial display. The weft-faced fabric design is made by using colored filling yarns, only i ... read more
 

Thawte

Authentic Sites use thawte SSL Web Server Certificates to offer secure communications by encrypting all data to and from the site. ... read more
 

trestle table

Originally, all tables were merely loose boards placed upon trestles or sawhorses. The trestle form (as distinguished from the four-legged or pedestal table) has survived, and now appears as a long, n ... read more
 

Tudor

A reference to the period in England during which the ruling monarchs came from the Tudor family (1485-1603). Tudor was the name of a Welshman, Owen Tudor, born in the 1400s. His line became the rulin ... read more
 

Tudor House

The Tudor House sells oak reproduction furniture including oak dressers, oak four poster beds, pewter, tapestries, cushions, oak refectory tables, carved refectory tables, replica oak furniture. ... read more
 

Upholster

provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and cover ... read more
 

Upholstered

To supply (furniture) with stuffing, springs, cushions, and covering fabric. ... read more
 

Velvet

A medium weight cut-pile constructed fabric in which the cut pile stands up very straight. It is woven using two sets of warp yarns; the extra set creates the pile. Velvet, a luxurious fabric, is comm ... read more
 

Verdure

VERDURE: green foliage ... read more
 

William & Mary

This style, named for the 17th century English King and Queen, came to America in the early 1700s. Innovations included high-backed, upholstered armchairs, highboys and lowboys. Design elements includ ... read more
 
 
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