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The top is hinged and can be raised on a ratchet for writing or drawing. Below is a compartment, lined with gilded and coloured leather, for playing backgammon. A box covered in silk hangs under the tabletop. It can be pulled out and  was used for embroidery materials.<br><br><b>Time</b><br>Small work and games tables can be seen in several publications of the 1820s. George Smith showed alternative versions in <i>The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide</i> of 1826 and Peter and Michael Angelo Nicholson illustrated another example in <i>The Practical Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer and Complete Decorator</i> of 1826.<br><br><b>Ownership & Use</b><br>Work and games tables used  by women for reading, writing, drawing and embroidery. They were elegant, feminine pieces of furniture to be placed in drawing rooms, boudoirs or sitting rooms. 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