Originally, ladies small work tables, usually with a detachable or lift-up lid, containing a bag or basket of silk, in which sewing and other needlework could be stored. There was generally a tray beneath the lid containing compartments for cotton, thread, needles and so on, and beneath that a well, with a lined interior and the exterior in either timber or fabric. There are also combination sewing tables that may include a chequer-board top, or a hinged top that opens for games. These tables may have a drawer under the top, with the compartments for sewing equipment, and the well sliding out from under the drawer frame.

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A rare and early colonial blackwood worktable with…

Early Colonial Tasmanian Blackwood Worktable with Carved Turned Column

A rare and early colonial blackwood worktable with finely-carved and turned column, tri-form base, adorned with roundels, reeded frieze, standing on three bun feet. Tasmanian origin, circa 1840. 72 cm high, 50 cm deep x 50 cm deep

A good early cedar work table. Australian circa 1845. two…

Antique Australian Cedar Work Table with Two Drawers, 1845

A good early cedar work table. Australian circa 1845. two operating drawers and two dummy drawers to sides, 47 cm long, 36 cm deep 73 cm high

A Colonial cedar circular pedestal sewing table by Andrew…

Colonial Cedar Circular Pedestal Sewing Table by Andrew Lenehan

A Colonial cedar circular pedestal sewing table by Andrew Lenehan, Australian circa 1845. with hinged top that reveals two removable sewing trays and with a Lenehan label on the base of sewing trays, 53 cm wide, 50 cm deep, 80 cm high

Green lacquer and gilt Chinoiserie coffee table, 20th century,…

Chinoiserie Lacquer Coffee Table with Gilt Decoration, 20th Century

Green lacquer and gilt Chinoiserie coffee table, 20th century, rectangular top decorated with figures in landscape with pagoda, birds and blossoms, on four lattice work bracket feet, height 35 cm, width 117 cm, depth 53 cm. Provenance: Ben Stoner Antiques…

Chinese export black lacquer and gilt work table, early 20th…

Chinese Lacquer and Gilt Work Table

Chinese export black lacquer and gilt work table, early 20th century, decorated overall with floral sprays and figures within courtly landscapes, the shaped rectangular hinged top enclosing a fitted interior with covered wells, divided compartments, ivory…

19th century work table, the rectangular cedar top set above a…

Fluted Cedar Work Table with Quatrefoil Base

19th century work table, the rectangular cedar top set above a single cushion moulded drawer, raised on a tapering fluted column support, terminating at a quatrefoil base with four bun feet, 71 cm x 48 cm x 39.5 cm

An Australian pine spatter work cricket table, the octagonal…

Australian Pine Fern Spatterwork Cricket Table

An Australian pine spatter work cricket table, the octagonal top decorated with various fern specimens, 65 cm high, 60.5 cm diameter

A Colonial cedar sewing table, fitted with a single drawer,…

Colonial Cedar Sewing Table with Drawer and Work Basket

A Colonial cedar sewing table, fitted with a single drawer, with work basket below, with 'U' shaped stretcher, ending on four bun feet. Height 68 cm.

Colonial cedar two drawer dropside work table on quadraform…

Cedar Work Table with Rosewood Inlay and Carved Base

Colonial cedar two drawer dropside work table on quadraform base. Top is inlaid with rosewood. Base is decorated with knulling acanthus carving and bullseye rosettes. 77 cm high, 45 cm wide, 86.5 cm wide, with flaps up, X 55 cm deep,

Australian Colonial cedar work table, with a rectangular top,…

Colonial Cedar Work Table with Hidden Drawer

Australian Colonial cedar work table, with a rectangular top, set with hidden drawer, on turned supports united by stretchers on splayed legs, 70 x 85 x 75 cm

Regency mahogany work table, c. 1820, the rectangular top above…

Regency Mahogany Work Table

Regency mahogany work table, c. 1820, the rectangular top above a single drawer, raised on four turned tapering legs, height 74 cm, width 55 cm, depth 45.5 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Martyn Cook, Sydney

An Australian cedar dropside work table, c.1890, two drawers…

Antique Australian Cedar Dropside Work Table

An Australian cedar dropside work table, c.1890, two drawers with silk drop section 73 x 79 x 53 (extended)

A George III mahogany work table, the octagonal hinged cover…

George III Mahogany Work Table with Fitted Interior

A George III mahogany work table, the octagonal hinged cover enclosing a fitted interior. English circa 1800. 73 x 64 x 47 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's, the Norman Wheeler collection, Sydney,1994

A sewing table, Australian cedar and eucalypt, South Australian…

Antique Australian Cedar Sewing Table

A sewing table, Australian cedar and eucalypt, South Australian origin, 19th century, 76 cm high, 59 cm wide, 46 cm deep

19th century French mahogany Haberdashery work table, oblong…

French Mahogany Haberdashery Work Table with Brass Supports

19th century French mahogany Haberdashery work table, oblong three tier form with brass column supports

Rustic white painted pine work table. Provenance: The…

White Pine Work Table from Webb Collection

Rustic white painted pine work table. Provenance: The Collection of Janet and Graeme Webb, Wollogorang, NSW

The Scott family Tasmanian tilt top table with exhibition…

Scott Family Inlaid Tilt Top Table, 1885

The Scott family Tasmanian tilt top table with exhibition quality inlaid top in Australian native timbers including huon pine, casuarina, musk, blackwood and honeysuckle, circa 1885. Thomas Scott arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1820 aboard The Skelton, he…

A good New Zealand colonial inlaid woods sewing table…

Colonial Inlaid Sewing Table by William Norrie

A good New Zealand colonial inlaid woods sewing table attributed to William Norrie, rimu and various native woods, the complex starburst inlaid top above a rewarewa parquetry inlaid drawer and sliding well, on four column supports, conforming stretcher,…

A rare early cedar and myrtle work table with hat drawer, circa…

Antique Cedar and Myrtle Work Table with Hat Drawer

A rare early cedar and myrtle work table with hat drawer, circa 1840 85 cm high, 93 cm wide, 53 cm deep

An Australian red cedar work box, c 1840, with two drawers…

Antique Australian Red Cedar Work Box with Turned Columns

An Australian red cedar work box, c 1840, with two drawers supported by two turned columns on a stretcher base with turned bun feet, 74 x 48 x 37 cm

Rare early Australian cedar and myrtle work table with hat…

Early Australian Cedar and Myrtle Work Table

Rare early Australian cedar and myrtle work table with hat drawer, circa 1840, probably Tasmanian, cedar top and gallery, myrtle legs and drawer fronts, hat drawer contains two turned hat or wig stands, split to top, 85 cm high, 91.5 cm long, 53 cm deep

Australian cedar two drawer work table 19th century, often…

19th Century Cedar Work Table with Two Drawers

Australian cedar two drawer work table 19th century, often intended as a bookpress stand, 78 cm high, 60.5 cm long, 45 cm deep

An Australian kauri pine spatter work cricket table, late 19th…

Late 19th Century Australian Kauri Pine Cricket Table

An Australian kauri pine spatter work cricket table, late 19th century. 55 cm high, 45 cm diameter

Colonial mottled kauri work table serpentine shaped table…

Mottled Kauri Serpentine Work Table

Colonial mottled kauri work table serpentine shaped table surface lifting to reveal fitted interior on single long drawer base on twin turned column supports with stretcher height 76 cm. Width 77 cm. Depth 58 cm

19th century trumpet style sewing table on tripod base inlaid…

Tri-pod Inlaid Sewing Table with 19th Century Trumpet Style

19th century trumpet style sewing table on tripod base inlaid with huon pine cedar musk & blackwood

A cedar work table, Adelaide, circa 1840, 72 cm high, 58.5 cm…

Adelaide Cedar Work Table, 1840

A cedar work table, Adelaide, circa 1840, 72 cm high, 58.5 cm wide, 43 cm deep. Literature: Australian Furniture: Pictorial History and Dictionary, 1788-1938, Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press Ptd Ltd, Woollahra p. 485 (illustrated)

19th century cedar sewing table with two drawers on tripod base,…

Cedar Sewing Table with Tripod Base and Drawers

19th century cedar sewing table with two drawers on tripod base, measures 77 cm x 38.5 cm x 76 cm

19th century cedar work table with single drawer on tapered legs

Cedar Work Table with Tapered Legs and Drawer

19th century cedar work table with single drawer on tapered legs