But back when the kitchen table was draped in oilcloth and cooks used eggbeaters, not whisks, aprons were often frilly, silly and sexy.
A billiards table is draped with wolfskins.
His coffee table is draped with a bird's-eye-view photograph of his corporate campus, annotated with scribbles in black marker that show the expansion under way.
My kitchen table is draped with bright hand-blocked fabrics from India, with stacks of cotton napkins.
This table is draped in white linen with the ladies dressed as… brides.
Restaurants with tablecloths are practically an endangered species in L.A. Here, tables are draped in white cloths, which does a lot to tamp down the noise level.
But you can eat at the Three Mountain Lodge, a homey, genuine, old log lodge where the tables are draped in quilts.
The tables are draped with linens, ceiling baffles keep the noise to a low burble, and streamlined chocolate-leather chairs offer a quaint amenity known as lumbar support.
Inside, generously spaced tables are draped in crisp white linens, and the well-dressed staff provides seamless service.
Oak tables are draped in white linen and set with weighty, nicely tapered cutlery, along with quality crystal wine goblets.
Guests crowded into old-school banquettes, and the tables were draped in rich, velvety fabrics that gave the whole room the feeling of an old-school jazz club.
