Thomson Widows and Widowers|volume=III|page=165|passage=“Ah!†said Mr. Powell, helping himself freely, “very wholesome. Rather a change of scene this for your inmate, Mr. Floyer,†he added, looking around at two chairs and a stool, which were pressed into the service of the tea-table, and which were indeed all that the room afforded.
Kipling Plain Tales|story=Cupid's Arrows|page=56|passage=There were beautifully arranged tea-tables under the deodars at Annandale, where the Grand Stand is now; ...
Saki Reginald in Russia|story=The Bag|page=80|passage=She dared not raise her eyes above the level of the tea-table, and she almost expected to see a spot of accusing vulpine blood drip down and stain the whiteness of the cloth.