A new look at old furniture
Oct 26, 2021
2 minutes
–AS TOLD TO CARA DOWNS
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF 1ST DIBS
19TH-CENTURY SIDE TABLE, SPAIN
he bobbin-turned legs on this table were inspired by the spools of thread, or bobbins, that were used to make clothes in the 1800s. Nowadays we can put wood in a machine and set it to perfectly cut these types of legs, but it was difficult to achieve symmetrical turnings on those legs back when this piece was
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