Half-Round Tables and Side Tables

A neoclassical demilune table placed against a wall. The tabletop is a semicircle, with the straight edge against the wall; the tabletop is marble or wood, with a fine molding along the edge. Three or four straight legs have fluting, connected by a thin stretcher between them. The apron below the tabletop has shallow relief carvings of garlands or palmettes. It is placed in pairs on either side of a door or fireplace. Avoid: using round or square tables, making the table legs curved, having only one table which breaks symmetry, and adding intricate carvings and gilding.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一張貼牆的新古典半圓桌。桌面是一個半圓形,平直的一邊靠牆;桌面是大理石或木質,邊緣有一道細線腳。三或四支直腿有凹槽,腿之間有一道細的橫檔連接。桌面下方的裙板上有淺浮雕的花環或棕葉飾。它成對地放在門的兩側或壁爐的兩側。避免:使用圓桌與方桌、把桌腿做成曲腿、讓桌子只有一張破壞對稱、加入繁複的雕刻與貼金。