writing-tables

It was one of those small sealing-wax knives to be found on old-fashioned writing-tables, with an ivory handle and a stiff blade.

The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez. 2004

The appurtenances of the writing-tables, about which Alexey

Anna Karenina 2003

Those who were locked up had writing-tables with them, in which they recorded and marked each shout by its loudness, without knowing in favor of which candidate each of them was made, but merely that they came first, second, third, and so forth.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

The room they were now sitting in was a large one, lofty but dark, well furnished, principally with writing-tables and desks covered with papers and books.

The Idiot 2002

Reflection of the luminance of lamps on the material worked, e.g. a turning part, keys of a typewriter and others, sky luminance of the windows with writing-tables standing in front of them (see also example of indirect glare)

2. Elements Frank Ponemunski 1991

You see, I believe in proper writing-tables, just as I believe in proper chairs.

The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe

Test the efficiency of your writing-tables occasionally by using them yourself.

The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe

My friends laugh at the little fat pincushions on my writing-tables, but when they are covered with a bit of the chintz or tapestry or brocade of the room they are very pretty, and I am sure pins are as necessary on the writing-table as on the dressing-table.

The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe

Tables usually had cabriole legs, although there were some gate-or thousand-legged, tables, and card tables, writing-tables, and flap-tables, were all used.

Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Lucy Abbot Throop

The large hall which you enter on arriving is fitted up as a dining-room, with a pianoforte, easy-chairs and two large writing-tables.

The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 Various