Did the Victorians really cover up table legs because they thought they were indecent?

Question:Or is this just a popular myth?

Answers:
No- that's an urban Victorian legend. :P
Not only was it table legs, but even MORE so piano legs ! THEY were REALLY "obscene" in those days ! ! !
Myth. A bunch of hokum. Some people love to ridicule the Victorians, even if they have to make up silly stories to do it.
that's hilarious
anything and everything was covered. ankles were too sexy to be seen. but when they are seen is when they lose their attraction. any how, ya. and more in America than in Europe. Americans always go crazy on fads more than any one else. just look at atkins!!
Don`t think so
LOL! I think that one's a myth
No, they really did, as an exposed leg is still an exposed leg
that a pile of tish tosh
No it's true .
Yes it is true.
No this is a modern-ish urban myth created by some American journo (can't remember his name now) to ridicule the hypocrisy of the Victorian era in both North America and many parts of Europe.
They did not cover the table, chair or piano legs because of modesty; when they were draped it was to protect them from the attentions of little boys' and girls' kicking booted feet.

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