Pembroke table
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Pembroke table (plural Pembroke tables)
- A kind of table introduced in the 18th century, having a rectangular or oval top with dropleaves on each side, and sometimes having drawers.
- 1838, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 218:
- […] the boarded table and wicker chairs were replaced by a Pembroke and neat japan elbow ones, […]