tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917654236013883899.post14752139837896701..comments2024-03-26T16:45:29.417-04:00Comments on Robin Lechner Interior Designs: Historic Origin of 'Chairman of the Board'Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01480547763295053365noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917654236013883899.post-92047946397746390272013-05-15T07:36:04.845-04:002013-05-15T07:36:04.845-04:00I heard this exact same explanation years ago on a...I heard this exact same explanation years ago on a tour around Sulgrave Manor {built in the 1500's. Also a suggestion that as the table was a board and used one side for preparing food, cutting chopping, thus making it rough one side and turned over to eat off the smooth side. Thus the phrase "take the rough with the smooth"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com