# Drop-leaf table

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Type of folding furniture

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Oval drop-leaf [dining table](/source/Dining_table), built 1765–1785, and in the [Decorative Arts and Design collection](/source/Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art#Decorative_arts_and_design_collection) of the [Los Angeles County Museum of Art](/source/Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art)

A **drop-leaf table** is a [table](/source/Table_(furniture)) that has a fixed section in the center and a hinged section (leaf) on either side that can be folded down (dropped). If the leaf is supported by a bracket when folded up, the table is simply a drop-leaf table; if the leaf is supported by legs that swing out from the center, it is known as a [gateleg table](/source/Gateleg_table). Depending on the style of drop-leaf or gateleg tables, the leaves vary from coming almost down to the floor to only coming down slightly.

The usual purpose of a drop-leaf table is to save space when the table is not in use. Typical examples of drop-leaf tables are: dining tables, night stands, side tables, coffee tables, and desks. Drop-leaf tables were found mostly in England where they date back to the late sixteenth century; [Elizabethan era](/source/Elizabethan_era) and [Jacobean era](/source/Jacobean_era) examples are still extant.[1]

## See also

- [Folding table](/source/Folding_table)

- [Gateleg table](/source/Gateleg_table)

- [Pembroke table](/source/Pembroke_table)

- [Tip-top table](/source/Tip-top_table)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Elizabethan Antique Refectory Drop Leaf Tables"](http://www.furniturestyles.net/european/english/elizabethan-tables.html). *www.furniturestyles.net*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225329/http://www.furniturestyles.net/european/english/elizabethan-tables.html) from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-08.

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