Farmhouse Trestle Table Plan

A dining table built on two or three trestle supports, each a pair of splayed legs joined at the top, connected lengthwise by a stretcher and topped with a plain board or plank rather than a table built on four independent legs. Trestle construction dates to medieval Europe, between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, when furniture needed to be easily assembled, disassembled and stored for great halls used for feasts and gatherings; the simple, portable trestle form remained the dominant Western table style until frame-based designs such as gateleg and refectory tables became more common from the sixteenth century onward, though the rustic farmhouse trestle table has remained a standing furniture plan since.