Pedestal Table inspired by 🏛️ classical architecture

A pedestal is originally the base support of a column in classical architecture. A pedestal in furniture may have one of four definitions:

1. central support for a tabletop or chair seat;
2. one of a pair of sets of drawers or small cupboards used to support a flat top, as in a kneehole desk or PEDESTAL desk;
3. a pedestal stand, a freestanding piece of case furniture used in pairs to flank a sideboard in 18th
4. Base support of a column or sculpture, when appearing as a decorative detail on a piece of furniture, is a common motif on architecturally inspired furniture.

Sources

Boyce, C. (1985). The Wordsworth Dictionary of Furniture. Wordsworth Reference.

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