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Dumb waiter

Type of furniture with a central shaft and circular trays, which often revolves to enable those who are dining to help themselves to additional plates. A dining room stand with normally three circular trays increasing in size toward the bottom. Also, a pulley type elevator that brought food up from the basement kitchen to the first floor dining room.

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