It often was a winter job done while sitting near a fireplace. Most sewing stands looked like small tables and stood about 28inches high, the height of a desk. There was a drawer to hold sewing ...

Elaborate sewing tables, some with hidden sections for storage, and small hand-held sewing boxes were popular. The tradition of the sewing table continued in the 19th Century. Victorian tables ...

The sewing table became a special furniture form. It looked like a small table with a lift top, but there was sometimes a cloth bag or wooden structure below the top to hold sewing work.