Lee DeRaud May 7, 3:45 pm

Seriously, using the word "historical" to describe this thing defines
the problem: if you care about the historical period "look" of the
room, why smack it between the eyes with such a glaring anachronism?

There are no burning issues here. The above statement is absolutely
right. The student given the assignment of making the "period" piece
of furniture could make it, at best, fit beautifully into a room but
with a candelabra instead of a computer on top. A more realistic
assignment would be to assess the overall style of a contemporary room
that's in practical use and design a computer table that blends well.