Contemporary Amish Dining Room Furniture

Dining room furniture has undergone several transformations throughout history. In the Middle Ages, royalty would eat at long banquet tables, with the royal family seated at the head. While traditional Japanese dining tables are lower than Western countries. Therefore allowing diners to sit while eating.

In the United States, contemporary dining room furniture has evolved into one of the largest branches of home furnishing. Therefore including dining tables and chairs, cabinets and counter-tops, hutches, pie safes, serving carts, pub tables and barstools to name a few.

Dining tables often offer a split top in which wooden or metal gears allow a tabletop to be opened and wooden leaves to be inserted. Resulting in a larger table that can accommodate groups or gatherings.

Contemporary dining room furniture comes in a variety of styles. The most popular being Mission and Shaker. As well as countless interpretations of these two styles.

Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dining_room

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