Ironing table with mounting for an ironing cloth

An ironing table comprising a table surface, and a mounting for an ironing cloth to be stretched thereacross, said ironing cloth having a first lateral edge and an opposite second lateral edge, said mounting comprising engaging means for engaging said first lateral edge of said ironing cloth, said engaging means being located at a first side of said table surface, and an affixing means for affixing said opposite second lateral edge of said ironing cloth, said affixing means being located at a second side of said ironing table which is opposite to and in spaced parallel relationship to said first side, said first engaging means at said first side of the table defining an elongate, rectilinear groove parallel to said first side and a rigid keeper bar corresponding to substantially the cross section of the groove disposed in the groove with an end of the cloth looped about it to thus anchor said first lateral edge of the cloth, and said affixing means comprising a first securing element at said second side of the table disposed in a downwardly-facing position at the underside of the table and a second securing element attached to the underside of the cloth at the second lateral edge in an upwardly-facing position, said securing elements being releasably interengageable by application of pressure to hold the cloth taut between its ends.