diff --git a/docx/blkcntnr.py b/docx/blkcntnr.py
index d57a0cd0f..bd549658f 100644
--- a/docx/blkcntnr.py
+++ b/docx/blkcntnr.py
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ def add_paragraph(self, text='', style=None):
             paragraph.style = style
         return paragraph
 
-    def add_table(self, rows, cols, width):
+    def add_table(self, rows, cols, width, firstCol=1, firstRow=1, lastCol=0, lastRow=0, hBand=1, vBand=0):
         """
         Return a table of *width* having *rows* rows and *cols* columns,
         newly appended to the content in this container. *width* is evenly
         distributed between the table columns.
         """
         from .table import Table
-        tbl = CT_Tbl.new_tbl(rows, cols, width)
+        tbl = CT_Tbl.new_tbl(rows, cols, width, firstCol, firstRow, lastCol, lastRow, hBand, vBand)
         self._element._insert_tbl(tbl)
         return Table(tbl, self)
 
diff --git a/docx/document.py b/docx/document.py
index ba94a7990..a1098101b 100644
--- a/docx/document.py
+++ b/docx/document.py
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@ def add_section(self, start_type=WD_SECTION.NEW_PAGE):
         new_sectPr.start_type = start_type
         return Section(new_sectPr)
 
-    def add_table(self, rows, cols, style=None):
+    def add_table(self, rows, cols, style=None, firstCol=1, firstRow=1, lastCol=0, lastRow=0, hBand=1, vBand=0):
         """
         Add a table having row and column counts of *rows* and *cols*
         respectively and table style of *style*. *style* may be a paragraph
         style object or a paragraph style name. If *style* is |None|, the
         table inherits the default table style of the document.
         """
-        table = self._body.add_table(rows, cols, self._block_width)
+        table = self._body.add_table(rows, cols, self._block_width, firstCol, firstRow, lastCol, lastRow, hBand, vBand)
         table.style = style
         return table
 
diff --git a/docx/oxml/__init__.py b/docx/oxml/__init__.py
index 2731302e2..8905aea59 100644
--- a/docx/oxml/__init__.py
+++ b/docx/oxml/__init__.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def OxmlElement(nsptag_str, attrs=None, nsdecls=None):
 
 from .table import (
     CT_Height, CT_Row, CT_Tbl, CT_TblGrid, CT_TblGridCol, CT_TblLayoutType,
-    CT_TblPr, CT_TblWidth, CT_Tc, CT_TcPr, CT_TrPr, CT_VerticalJc, CT_VMerge
+    CT_TblPr, CT_TblWidth, CT_TblLook, CT_Tc, CT_TcPr, CT_TrPr, CT_VerticalJc, CT_VMerge
 )
 register_element_cls('w:bidiVisual', CT_OnOff)
 register_element_cls('w:gridCol',    CT_TblGridCol)
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ def OxmlElement(nsptag_str, attrs=None, nsdecls=None):
 register_element_cls('w:tblLayout',  CT_TblLayoutType)
 register_element_cls('w:tblPr',      CT_TblPr)
 register_element_cls('w:tblStyle',   CT_String)
+register_element_cls('w:tblLook',    CT_TblLook)
 register_element_cls('w:tc',         CT_Tc)
 register_element_cls('w:tcPr',       CT_TcPr)
 register_element_cls('w:tcW',        CT_TblWidth)
diff --git a/docx/oxml/table.py b/docx/oxml/table.py
index 95f9c6243..b18ed47c1 100644
--- a/docx/oxml/table.py
+++ b/docx/oxml/table.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from .ns import nsdecls, qn
 from ..shared import Emu, Twips
 from .simpletypes import (
-    ST_Merge, ST_TblLayoutType, ST_TblWidth, ST_TwipsMeasure, XsdInt
+    ST_Merge, ST_TblLayoutType, ST_TblWidth, ST_TwipsMeasure, XsdInt, XsdBoolean
 )
 from .xmlchemy import (
     BaseOxmlElement, OneAndOnlyOne, OneOrMore, OptionalAttribute,
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ def iter_tcs(self):
                 yield tc
 
     @classmethod
-    def new_tbl(cls, rows, cols, width):
+    def new_tbl(cls, rows, cols, width, firstCol=1, firstRow=1, lastCol=0, lastRow=0, hBand=1, vBand=0):
         """
         Return a new `w:tbl` element having *rows* rows and *cols* columns
         with *width* distributed evenly between the columns.
         """
-        return parse_xml(cls._tbl_xml(rows, cols, width))
+        return parse_xml(cls._tbl_xml(rows, cols, width, firstCol, firstRow, lastCol, lastRow, hBand, vBand))
 
     @property
     def tblStyle_val(self):
@@ -181,21 +181,27 @@ def tblStyle_val(self, styleId):
         tblPr._add_tblStyle().val = styleId
 
     @classmethod
-    def _tbl_xml(cls, rows, cols, width):
+    def _tbl_xml(cls, rows, cols, width, firstCol, firstRow, lastCol, lastRow, hBand, vBand):
         col_width = Emu(width/cols) if cols > 0 else Emu(0)
         return (
             '<w:tbl %s>\n'
             '  <w:tblPr>\n'
             '    <w:tblW w:type="auto" w:w="0"/>\n'
-            '    <w:tblLook w:firstColumn="1" w:firstRow="1"\n'
-            '               w:lastColumn="0" w:lastRow="0" w:noHBand="0"\n'
-            '               w:noVBand="1" w:val="04A0"/>\n'
+            '    <w:tblLook w:firstColumn="%d" w:firstRow="%d"\n'
+            '               w:lastColumn="%d" w:lastRow="%d" w:noHBand="%d"\n'
+            '               w:noVBand="%d" w:val="04A0"/>\n'
             '  </w:tblPr>\n'
             '%s'  # tblGrid
             '%s'  # trs
             '</w:tbl>\n'
         ) % (
             nsdecls('w'),
+            firstCol,
+            firstRow,
+            lastCol,
+            lastRow,
+            0 if hBand else 1,
+            0 if vBand else 1,
             cls._tblGrid_xml(cols, col_width),
             cls._trs_xml(rows, cols, col_width)
         )
@@ -282,6 +288,7 @@ class CT_TblPr(BaseOxmlElement):
     bidiVisual = ZeroOrOne('w:bidiVisual', successors=_tag_seq[4:])
     jc = ZeroOrOne('w:jc', successors=_tag_seq[8:])
     tblLayout = ZeroOrOne('w:tblLayout', successors=_tag_seq[13:])
+    tblLook = ZeroOrOne('w:tblLook', successors=_tag_seq[15:])
     del _tag_seq
 
     @property
@@ -365,6 +372,33 @@ def width(self, value):
         self.type = 'dxa'
         self.w = Emu(value).twips
 
+class CT_TblLook(BaseOxmlElement):
+    """
+    Used for ``<w:tblLook>`` elements and many others, to
+    specify table-related looks.
+    """
+    # the type for `w` attr is actually ST_MeasurementOrPercent, but using
+    # XsdInt for now because only dxa (twips) values are being used. It's not
+    # entirely clear what the semantics are for other values like -01.4mm
+    firstCol = RequiredAttribute('w:firstColumn', XsdBoolean)
+    firstRow = RequiredAttribute('w:firstRow', XsdBoolean)
+    lastCol = RequiredAttribute('w:lastColumn', XsdBoolean)
+    lastRow = RequiredAttribute('w:lastRow', XsdBoolean)
+    noHBand = RequiredAttribute('w:noHBand', XsdBoolean)
+    noVBand = RequiredAttribute('w:noVBand', XsdBoolean)
+
+    def hBand(self):
+        return 0 if self.noHBand else 1
+
+    def hBand(self, value):
+        self.noHBand = 0 if value else 1
+
+    def vBand(self):
+        return 0 if self.noVBand else 1
+
+    def vBand(self, value):
+        self.noVBand = 0 if value else 1
+
 
 class CT_Tc(BaseOxmlElement):
     """
diff --git a/docx/table.py b/docx/table.py
index b3bc090fb..687fb1da4 100644
--- a/docx/table.py
+++ b/docx/table.py
@@ -158,6 +158,54 @@ def table_direction(self):
     def table_direction(self, value):
         self._element.bidiVisual_val = value
 
+    @property
+    def first_col(self):
+        return self._tbl.tblPr.tblLook.firstCol
+
+    @first_col.setter
+    def first_col(self, value):
+        self._tbl.tblPr.tblLook.firstCol = value
+
+    @property
+    def first_row(self):
+        return self._tbl.tblPr.tblLook.firstRow
+
+    @first_row.setter
+    def first_row(self, value):
+        self._tbl.tblPr.tblLook.firstRow = value
+
+    @property
+    def last_col(self):
+        return self._tbl.tblPr.tblLook.lastCol
+
+    @last_col.setter
+    def last_col(self, value):
+        self._tbl.tblPr.tblLook.lastCol = value
+
+    @property
+    def last_row(self):
+        return self._tbl.tblPr.tblLook.lastRow
+
+    @last_row.setter
+    def last_row(self, value):
+        self._tbl.tblPr.tblLook.lastRow = value
+
+    @property
+    def h_band(self):
+        return self._tbl.tblPr.tblLook.hBand
+
+    @h_band.setter
+    def h_band(self, value):
+        self._tbl.tblPr.tblLook.hBand(value)
+
+    @property
+    def v_band(self):
+        return self._tbl.tblPr.tblLook.vBand
+
+    @v_band.setter
+    def v_band(self, value):
+        self._tbl.tblPr.tblLook.vBand(value)
+
     @property
     def _cells(self):
         """
diff --git a/tests/test_document.py b/tests/test_document.py
index c1cb060ec..2c7aaeb08 100644
--- a/tests/test_document.py
+++ b/tests/test_document.py
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ def it_can_add_a_section(self, add_section_fixture):
         assert section is section_
 
     def it_can_add_a_table(self, add_table_fixture):
-        document, rows, cols, style, width, table_ = add_table_fixture
-        table = document.add_table(rows, cols, style)
-        document._body.add_table.assert_called_once_with(rows, cols, width)
+        document, rows, cols, style, width, firstCol, firstRow, lastCol, lastRow, hBand, vBand, table_ = add_table_fixture
+        table = document.add_table(rows, cols, style, firstCol, firstRow, lastCol, lastRow, hBand, vBand)
+        document._body.add_table.assert_called_once_with(rows, cols, width, firstCol, firstRow, lastCol, lastRow, hBand, vBand)
         assert table == table_
         assert table.style == style
 
@@ -201,9 +201,10 @@ def add_section_fixture(self, request, Section_):
     def add_table_fixture(self, _block_width_prop_, body_prop_, table_):
         document = Document(None, None)
         rows, cols, style = 4, 2, 'Light Shading Accent 1'
+        firstCol, firstRow, lastCol, lastRow, hBand, vBand = 1,0,1,0,1,0
         body_prop_.return_value.add_table.return_value = table_
         _block_width_prop_.return_value = width = 42
-        return document, rows, cols, style, width, table_
+        return document, rows, cols, style, width, firstCol, firstRow, lastCol, lastRow, hBand, vBand, table_
 
     @pytest.fixture
     def block_width_fixture(self, sections_prop_, section_):