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The second group, in which American cabinetmakers took pieces of English provincial furniture made for farmhouses country taverns and country taverns and converted them into sophisticated household articles, includes one form of Table and two types of chairs. The butterfly table, so-named from the winglike swinging brackets which support the drop leaves, was developed from a small English country Table with an understructure of baluster-turned uprights, plain stretches, and bed members and simple leaf supports.

Development in America.—In Ameri earliest public eating places were modeled 01 lish establishments—wayside inns, coffeel and taverns being popular during the o period and for some years afterward. In th century, the demands of a newly risen w class resulted in the appearance of elaborat taurants. Having luncheons or dinners in pi surroundings away from home became the c among people with recently acquired leisur many caterers and restaurateurs became f; for special foods or particular types of cook.

Mural Decoration is not necessarily limited to formal interiors. In early Colonial farmhouses country taverns, many murals were used; in these the painting was crude, but it was in harmony with the architecture and decoration. The interior walls and woodwork were often lavishly treated with landscapes, farm scenes, and flowers. The journeyman painters who were called upon to paint both houses and fences, portraits and murals, could hardly be expected to exhibit excellence of technique. Many of these compositions, however, had a naive appeal and great decorative charm.