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Burl Coffee Table

coffee table


(Coffee Tables) While any small and low table can be, and is, called a coffee table, the term is applied particularly to the sets of three or four tables made from about 1790; of which the latter were called 'quartetto tables'.


A coffee table, also called a cocktail table, is a style of long, low table which is designed to be placed in front of a sofa, to support beverages (hence the name), magazines, feet, books (especially coffee table books), and other small items to be used while sitting, such as coasters.


A low table, typically placed in front of a sofa


low table where magazines can be placed and coffee or cocktails are served

burl


the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer


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a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree


A slub or lump in wool or cloth


A rounded knotty growth on a tree, giving an attractive figure when polished and used esp. for handcrafted objects and veneers