TABLES  Sutherland
The Sutherland table is a 19th Century English Victorian form of gateleg table with a particularly narrow centre section. It has the virtue that when the flaps are down the piece fits into a very small space. It is thus a useful occasional table. The earliest designs are by W. Smee & Son, from [...]

TABLES  work, with bags beneath
The work table fitted out with receptaces for needlework and embroidery implements as used by the ladies of the household, did not appear until the later part of the eighteenth century. Chippendale did not illustrate
them, but Sheraton, true to form, showed a variety of ingenious designs. They must have been very [...]