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It was designed for needlework and is fitted with compartments for spools, thimbles, needles and threads.  It would originally have had a suspended pouch for storing needlework.  The table was made in Murshidabad, the nawabi capital of Bengal. It was a famous centre of ivory carving where ivory workers sometimes made furniture for European customers.  The carving on the legs is taken directly from plate two of <i>The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book</i> (1793) by Thomas Sheraton.","physicalDescription":"The top of this Adam-style work-table acts as the lid. 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