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table
Article of furniture used in the Western world since at least the 7th cent. BC, consisting of a flat slab of stone, metal, wood, or glass supported by trestles, legs, or a pillar. Though tables were used in ancient Egypt, Assyria, and Greece, only during the Middle Ages, with the growing formality of life under feudalism, did tables increasingly take on social significance. Tables with attached legs appeared in the 15th cent. The draw top was invented in the 16th cent., making it possible to double the table length. Increasing contact with the East in the 18th cent. led to increasing specialization in the design of occasional tables.
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