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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lizjewel, post: 2060196, member: 13874&quot;]Well, I do believe that you&#039;re describing a type of sewing table common in the British Isles. With bags, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>The sewing table I have, the <b>Gustavian </b>style previously shown, did not have fittings for a bag.</p><p><br /></p><p>But inside one of the small compartments in the drawer it has a customfitted pin/needle cushion. I e it was intended to be a <i>sewing table</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>As mine is an elegant version in peartree wood (has been identified professionally as such), it was likely intended for a lady whose sewing hobbies did not include a need for a big bag to hang from it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did check under it: No hooks or other visible means of hooking a bag there.</p><p><br /></p><p>In conclusion I&#039;ll just maintain that even<i> sewing tables</i> came as in as many shapes and styles as any other furniture, and that the details in them could vary not just in style but in quality also.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and I learned to<i> tatt lace</i> in my school in Sweden. We placed the tatting cushion on top of the school desk for support, not on our knees.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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