There was a large table in the middle of the room, with broad boxes filled with laces upon it, and other boxes in cases about the room. The Florence Stories - Page 69 by Jacob Abbott - 1867 Full view - About this book
...there were constant complaints about numbed fingers and, indeed, even about frozen ink. At St. Gall there was a large table in the middle of the room, with seven writing desks under the six windows. The location of desks for readers and writers beside windows...
There was a large table in the middle of the room, with broad boxes filled with laces upon it, and other boxes in cases about the room. 