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recommended by a father to his son, as a means of success in life, to
have his table covered with a clean cloth. A large prayer-book, one or
two of the chronicles, a “ sholven borde,”* a “ payr of tables,”f and a
hawk’s perch, with, occasionally, pieces of armour, will complete the list
of furniture usually found in halls.
(Df We (great djamben
This apartment being devoted more immediately to “ the lord and his
peers,” the furniture was of a higher order than that of the hall. The tables
and cupboards were sometimes on trestles and folding, at others framed
on massy turned legs, and always spread with carpets, or embroidered
cloths,J on which, as well as on the “ cloth of estate,”'—another
appendage to this chamber in the royal mansions, and those of great
officers — the family arms were displayed. Curtains were hung both
at the doors and windows; and the window-seats covered with carpets,
cushions, or pillows. The movable seats consisted of a few high-
backed chairs—frequently not more than two—long forms, and joined
stools, with cushions of gorgeous materials and workmanship; to these
may be added footstools. The manner of lighting was similar to that of
the hall; and the fire-dogs or “ andyrons,” of silver, brass,, copper, or
steel, which, with a fire-fork, shovel, and tongs, and folding screens
having tapestry cloths thrown over them, form a tolerably correct list of
* Or shuffle-board—a table for playing “ shovel-board, or shove-groat”—a senseless,
vulgar game, played in those times, and not yet entirely out of practice in pot-houses,
although it was prohibited by statute as early as the 33d of Henry VIII.
t For playing games of trick-trac, cribbage, dice, &c.—Hist. Hengrave.
I The cloths to cast over the tables at Hardwick, were embroidered and embossed with
gold, on velvets and damasks,—Walpole.
recommended by a father to his son, as a means of success in life, to
have his table covered with a clean cloth. A large prayer-book, one or
two of the chronicles, a “ sholven borde,”* a “ payr of tables,”f and a
hawk’s perch, with, occasionally, pieces of armour, will complete the list
of furniture usually found in halls.
(Df We (great djamben
This apartment being devoted more immediately to “ the lord and his
peers,” the furniture was of a higher order than that of the hall. The tables
and cupboards were sometimes on trestles and folding, at others framed
on massy turned legs, and always spread with carpets, or embroidered
cloths,J on which, as well as on the “ cloth of estate,”'—another
appendage to this chamber in the royal mansions, and those of great
officers — the family arms were displayed. Curtains were hung both
at the doors and windows; and the window-seats covered with carpets,
cushions, or pillows. The movable seats consisted of a few high-
backed chairs—frequently not more than two—long forms, and joined
stools, with cushions of gorgeous materials and workmanship; to these
may be added footstools. The manner of lighting was similar to that of
the hall; and the fire-dogs or “ andyrons,” of silver, brass,, copper, or
steel, which, with a fire-fork, shovel, and tongs, and folding screens
having tapestry cloths thrown over them, form a tolerably correct list of
* Or shuffle-board—a table for playing “ shovel-board, or shove-groat”—a senseless,
vulgar game, played in those times, and not yet entirely out of practice in pot-houses,
although it was prohibited by statute as early as the 33d of Henry VIII.
t For playing games of trick-trac, cribbage, dice, &c.—Hist. Hengrave.
I The cloths to cast over the tables at Hardwick, were embroidered and embossed with
gold, on velvets and damasks,—Walpole.