This original design indicates that the table was originally intended to be decorated with different coloured wood inlay. On the present example, (G53) the pattern is the same, but painted; the painting executed by the artist’s daughter Jessie Jack, who donated the table to the gallery. Possibly made and designed as a workbox for George Jack’s wife Annie’s embroidery. When exhibited in 1899 the table was described as a ..”very entertaining little work table.., the construction of which seems somewhat frail even for feminine use, but one can forgive that, since it is painted in the gayest fashion imaginable”.
