Her bed was flanked by two large Parsons tables.

Q. Can you help me find an unfinished Parsons table before I lose the will to live?

Tyson hung his sport coat on the clothes tree and went to the parsons table in the foyer where the mail was stacked.

Ms. Kobrin has suspended an easy chair, a sofa and a Parsons table from the crane.

The set includes two end tables, one that is square, or what the designer calls "a cube set into a Parsons table," the other rectangular.

The skirts can cover milk crates just as well as small Parsons tables with shelves for hidden storage.

It's a big desk, majestic even, not your weepy Seventh Avenue Parsons table.

In a study measuring 7 by 10 feet, she hung the walls with framed maps and covered the Parsons table with more maps.

There are also two rosewood tables with legs flush to the corners - the Mies design that probably inspired the Parsons table.

The white lacquered Parsons table used by Charles Spada in his study has convenient extensions on each end.

The Parsons table is a modernist square or rectangular table whose four, flush, square legs are equal in thickness to the top.

The Parsons Award, given annually in recognition of a major contribution to the fashion industry, is a miniature silver Parsons table.

The broad, flat Parsons table often appears to be the most important element in such rooms, said Ms. Creveling, a Manhattan publicity agent.

There are white walls, matte metal trim, butcher-block Parsons tables, clear Lucite display counters and a ground floor paved with cool gray slate.

In America the first Parsons tables were mass-produced in 1963 by two leading furniture companies, Mount Airy and Directional.

FOR Joanne Creveling, decoupage helped to make two five-foot-long Parsons tables look interesting yet remain unobtrusive in small rooms decorated with texture and fabric.

Among them: new white-lacquered Parsons tables and chairs; $50 velvet cushions; Paul McCobb's bleached mahogany night tables, $1,000 the pair.

He designed the Parsons table, and examples of his artwork (a) were kindly lent for this shoot by Albert Hadley and Harry Hinson.

THE Parsons table is to décor what the little black dress is to fashion: A decorating staple that can be dressed up or down, depending on its finish.

The original Parsons table was designed in the 1930s by Jean-Michel Frank and a group of design students at Parsons Paris, where he was a visiting critic.

In 1931, renowned interior designer Jean-Michel Frank led a group of students at the Paris Ateliers to create an icon of modern design, the Parsons Table.

There are two small versions of her squarish tables with slab legs - one lacquered, the other covered in sharkskin -that in the 1950's came to be called Parsons tables.

The furniture throughout the office is sleek and stylish, with Parsons tables, charcoal gray couches, molded plastic cubes for additional seating, Aeron chairs and high stools of brushed aluminum.

Parsons tables are often intended for use as modern or contemporary furniture, and their striking design has made them popular as coffee tables, dining tables, side tables, and occasional tables.

During the 1930s he worked with students at the Paris Atelier, now known as Parsons Paris School of Art and Design, where he developed the famous Parsons Table.