“Trapezophoron” is the name given to the support of the Antique table. They were usually made of marble, the top itself was of wood or stone, sometimes ornamented with mosaic.

We may distinguish two classes of Antique tables: the circular table with three legs; and the oblong table, resting on two end-supports. The lower part of the support, of the round table, consist of a great leg which generally passes into a foliated calyx with a small head of a lion, lynx, panther, or other animal growing out of it. The heads are sometimes human or human half-figures, such as the genius bearing a bowl. In the early period of Antique art, we find forms of more architectonic character. The end-support for the oblong table is a symmetrical duplication of the motive of the single leg already mentioned, with the addition of wings, and with the space between the animal forms filled either by figures or ornaments. Very striking in both clases of support is the difference in scale of the various elements – a phenomenon which also appears elsewhere in Roman art.