Stretcher (furniture) common, connecting the legs diagonally, frequently with a finial where the stretchers crossed. Stretcher (furniture) A stretcher is a horizontal support element of a table, chair or other item of furniture; this structure is normally made of exposed wood and ties vertical elements of the piece together. There are numerous styles of the stretcher including circumferential, double and spindle design. This term is sometimes referred to as a stretcher beam. A very common pattern for chairs has each front leg connected to the back by the lateral stretchers, which in turn are connected by a medial stretcher. In the William
Egg of Columbus Kampf", saying that " lie around us in hundreds of thousands; but observers like Columbus are rare." Leo Tolstoy mentions Columbus’ egg in "War and Peace" after Helene explains to her spiritual guide her reasoning as to why she is not bound by her previous vows of marriage to Pierre after switching religions. "The spiritual guide was astonished at this solution, which had all the simplicity of Columbus’ egg." F. Scott Fitzgerald alludes to Columbus' egg in "The Great Gatsby" when describing the topography of the fictional East and West eggs: "They are not perfect ovals - like the egg