Is the table you are giving your daughter wood topped and you want to put a sheet of glass on top of it? My dining room table has pads made for it...it is wood, the pads were made when I ordered the table. They are vinyl topped( look wood grained)some sort of padding and hard bottomed. My table is oval, has three leaves.....the table pads are two separate, that meet in middle, just like table and will fold in half when stored ( never, on table always), well, once a yr, I remove for a few days, oil the top, let it breath..., and the leaves are also made to fold in half.......we have had this dining room set for 50 yrs...and use it often......
Glass top tables make me dizzy, just like open staircases........