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Rh  in style by the late Sheraton designs. These resemble tables made by Duncan Phyfe, but in the known examples of Phyfe's work the legs have a downward curve starting at the pedestal. The top table has better lines, and the bottom table has finer carving.

PLATE XIII. . (Virginia—c. 1690-1700). This small tavern table, from a distant day, comes to us in its original condition, and is of marked interest. A fine table of this type in such quality as this possesses, is very rare. Many are found throughout the South, showing a different variety of turnings, but seldom like this. It may have had a larger top. (Property of Mrs. E. M. Crutchfield).

PLATE XIII. . (Virginia—c. 1710-1730). This stretcher table, in walnut, shows a little more elaborate construction than that at the top of the page with the turned stretchers and drawer. Delicately turned tables of this type are seldom found today, but many were shown in inventories of that period. One plantation owner in Virginia possessed as many as twenty-three small tables. This number may have included candle stands, as every room had to be supplied with light, and two or more tables were needed in each. Many stretcher tables were made, but few have survived. (Property of Mrs. J. G. Hayes).

PLATE XIV. . (Virginia—c. 1770-1790). A turned table of rare style, with turnings resembling the Windsor chair. (Property of Carroll H. Fowlkes).

PLATE XIV. . (North Carolina—c. 1700-1730). The stretcher with a drop-leaf is shown here. Although larger, it has the characteristics of the butterfly table. The plainly turned legs, which are vertical and not slanted, are unusual, as is the bracket which holds the leaf. The square brace, which holds up the leaf when open, fits into the frame beneath when closed. (Property of Mrs. E. M. Crutchfield).

PLATE XIV. . (Virginia—c. 1760-1780). This table shows a soapstone top. It was used, without doubt, for the mixing of drinks, a popular pastime of the period; but the soapstone top may have been supplied with the idea of saving the surface or the top from the heat of hot dishes placed upon it. (Property of J. Pope Nash).

PLATE XIV. . (North Carolina—c. 1710-1740). This stretcher table, made of cherry, shows heavy turnings for a table of its age. The piece was found in the vicinity of Salem, but represents a period antecedent to that in which the Moravians arrived there. (Property of Ralph P. Hanes).

PLATE XV. . (Virginia—c.