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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 495561, member: 5066&quot;]Well, anything is possible i guess but, the legs appear like they are screwed to the column which if they are, right away excludes OP table as being period. In america there were basically only 2 types of tripod tables, candle stands &amp; tea tables, in england many more uses, dessert tables, supper tables, all kinds of tripod tables.</p><p>Tripod candle stands are NOTORIOUSLY unstable &amp; will tip over quite easily. In america when whale oil lamps came about in 1820- 1830 or so, tripod candle stands stopped being made pretty much overnight, they were just to dangerous to hold a lamp filled with oil.</p><p>4 leg light stands (now referred to as work stands) became the the standard in america and it stayed that way for the remainder of the 19th century.</p><p>Not sure about the history of tripod tables in england.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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