TABLES AND STANDS About 1500-1630
German table on X-supports, before 1600.
Renaissance: After about 1530, mannerist influence in some examples. No dining-rooms as such in 16thC Italy – meals served wherever convenient, so many tables were still on trestles and easily dismantled; tops spread with damask cloths, oriental rugs, or covered with velvet, nailed on or draped. [...]