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	The mid 18th C saw a proliferation of small tables with various functions including the occasional table, easily placed near an armchair for holding a lamp or posing a cup or a book. Such tables were often in marquetry.&nbsp; The Art Nouveau period was&nbsp; rich in elaborately curved tables particularly those of Majorelle and the Nancy School.&nbsp; The Art Deco occasional table has pure lines,&nbsp; it is often geometric in shape and in walnut veneer.</p>