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A Coffee Table Book…about Coffee Tables!
Think for a minute about how awkward life would be without a table. Imagine yourself sitting in a living room, on a couch or a chair, gazing into the eyes of your fellow beverage consumer; the two of you, holding your cups of or your mugs of beer. Wishing desperately that you could put it down for one second; relieve yourself of the hot burden that is a cup of for even just a moment.

It seems as though tables were invented without even really having to be invented. They seem like they should have been just a natural extension of human nature. What with the instinctive tendency to put your feet up when you are relaxing (though in some homes this is strictly forbidden), or the natural drive to put a hot drink down between sips; one would think that tables just became. Simply happened one day without anyone’s truly acknowledging its happening. And that is indeed the case. The first table, or at the least the first table officially named and regarded as such, emerged in the late Victorian Era. In 1868, a table designed by E.W. Godwin was listed as a ‘coffee table’. It was taller than the tables we are accustomed to today, and it was square as opposed to the more common rectangle we are familiar with but it was a table nonetheless. It is suggested that as the popularity of and tea houses grew coupled with the adoption of influences from the Far East, tables became shorter and shorter. Japanese culture carries the tradition of eating and drinking at a low level, causing the tables to become smaller in height. However, and tea houses had been successful since, roughly, 1650. tables had always been prevalent among them, so why was it eventually in 1868 that someone finally blessed the tables

with the name ‘coffee table’? It was probably due to the fact that these tables were always just there and it wasn’t until 1868 that someone finally decided to take some initiative and officially name them tables. As Eastern culture became more chic and houses became more fashionable, it was only a matter of time before someone decided to capitalize on them. So there you have it. Without really being invented by anyone, the table was born. A piece of furniture that has always been there without officially being there. These days, tables can be found in almost any home in the world. As a matter of fact, there is even a market for table accessories. The most popular being the table book. table books are usually oversized, hardcover books which contain subject matter of general interest. They contain large pictures and light, often superficial material that can be used as conversation starters for sitting around the table, socializing. One of the more famous of these table books appeared on Seinfeld; an episode in which Kramer develops a prototype for a table book about tables which even comes equipped with short pull-out legs.So don’t find yourself without a table; trying to force your guests to behave in a way that goes against their natural table needs. Don’t force them to hold their drinks or prevent them from leaning back and propping up their feet; or leave them with nothing to read or flip through while you busily ready the in the kitchen. Prepare yourself by going to http://www.coffeetablesandendtables.com We offer a massive variety of tables from top quality brands so you can entertain in style.