cutting table

Tailor's large workspace

A cutting table is a large, flat work surface used for laying out and cutting fabric, paper, or other materials.

In garment manufacturing and sewing rooms, cutting tables are typically waist-height and wide enough to spread full bolts of fabric: She unrolled the pattern pieces across the cutting table.

The term also appears in film and video editing for the traditional workspace where footage was physically cut and spliced.

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sewing · sewing room · shears · measuring · tailor · garment · cloth · rotary · mat · pins · pin cushion · dressmaker · dress form · yardage · workshop · bolt · selvage · marking

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Furniture for needlework

ironing board · workbench · drafting table

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cutting tabledesk

Furniture for writing

writing desk · office desk · computer desk · secretary desk · lectern

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Top 500,000
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