What is this mystery table?

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Hey wise and knowledgeable Hometalkers! I picked up this great table at the Goodwill, but it's a puzzle to me what it's original use may have been. It measures 36W x 31H x 16D. The maker is McClellan Manufacturing Co. of Los Angeles.
I would love your thoughts on the origin of this beauty! What would you use it for now?

I would love your thoughts on the origin of this beauty! What would you use it for now?

Pamela Langone · Answer

looks like a sewing table but I may be wrong

Evelyn Lee · Answer

Telephone table. The giant phone books go in the shelf.

Jennifer Hounsom · Answer

Susan, This is what I found on the company. You may want to look into it a little further, especially if you have plans on painting it. McClellan Mfg. Co based on Los Angeles, California, was a furniture manufacturer specialized in making both Spanish Revival and French Provincial. This company start it's business around 1920 and produced quality furniture until the end of 1930

Marcia Cantrell · Answer

If I had it, I would use it as a makeup/vanity table! Wish I could find one like it lol

Eileen · Answer

maybe a game table

Yvettemcavoy · Answer

Hi, I have these 2 matching pieces from an inheritance. anyone know of a value?

Janine Bartram · Answer

i would say telephone table, and its just beautiful as it is.

M Dawes · Answer

It might be an old fashioned telephone stand.  My grandparents had something similar for their rotary dial telephone. They kept the phone book in the cubby.

Nan13040116 · Answer

Yes!   It is a telephone table.   The phone books were kept in the shelf, with a pencil and pad of paper.

Johnavallance82 · Answer

You could use it for anything you wish. Hall, Lounge, Bedroom, Bathroom, Conservatory Enjoy!

Johnavallance82 · Answer

Original use may have been to hold a jug and Bowl for washing yourself. When bowl was full of dirty water - put in slot area for maid to dispose of.

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