Who made the first table? Detailed answer

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Who made the first table?

Can you imagine a house without a table? The table performs so many functions - they eat on it, write on it, play on it, put lamps on it, and so on - that it seems that tables have been around since the beginning of civilization.

Small tables made of metal or wood were used as early as the Sumerian civilization, the first known to us. The Babylonians, Assyrians and Egyptians later adopted the idea of making tables. The Egyptians made small low tables of beautiful design and fine finish.

The Greeks, who adopted a lot from the Egyptian civilization, improved all the furniture, including tables. Their tables were made of marble, metal and inlaid wood. The Romans improved furniture even further. They made tables not only entirely of metal or wood, but also expensive tables with ornaments, fine carvings and inlaid with ivory and precious metals. The legs were carved in the form of sphinxes, columns, or looked like the paws of a lion or a ram.

The Romans had a custom to eat reclining, so the tables were low. By the way, in ancient times only the rich had tables. During the Middle Ages, tables of various shapes appeared: round, oval and oblong. They were made very simply - the boards were placed on a fixed or folding base. The tables were covered with a tablecloth that hung down to the floor to cover the coasters. Tables were cleared after meals.

In the XNUMXth century, in the castles of the rich, there was a table attached to the floor in the great hall. It was intended for the nobility, and the common people ate at small separate tables or boards.

Author: Likum A.

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