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Furniture > Tables > Bed tables

Preferred term

Bed tables  

Definition

  • Tables designed for bed use with a pillar leg at one end (adjustable for height) and a large foot on castors that rolls under the bed; in earlier examples, the table top may have opposing adjustable book rests

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Architects' tables, invalid tables
  • Duet tables, invalid tables
  • Hospital tables, bed tables
  • Invalid tables
  • Patients' tables
  • Reading tables, invalid tables

Notation

  • 118637

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-GW21VRBH-V

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