[Sca-cooks] siting table in Middle-eastern style.

[David Friedman]

>"prominence of tray tables", when?
>
>In the Middle East, now? In the Middle East in period?

Now.

Surely you've seen them--people use them in the U.S., imported. Brass 
tray, circular or oval, ornamented, on a wooden stand.

It's traditional. That it's also period and used as I described is 
only a guess, based in part on period references that can be 
interpreted that way.
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David/Cariadoc
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