DOI Heft:
Nr. 341 (October 1925)
DOI Artikel:Barrington, Amy L.: Cupboards in oak and walnut
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19986#0046
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Gupboavds in Oak and Walnut
T O Then we look back- Survivals of the earliest growing more stable, house-
ward to the days forms of furniture, many of hold implements and furni-
when walls were hung ^ old chests and Cupboards ture,beca";e C°mm°n
with arras, and stone floors # j 'j" / as tne soldier had time to
were covered with rushes, eau LJU turn from bloody wars to
we also see the time when AMY L. BARRIiNfGTOJNf tne more peaceful adven-
the chest, the bed, the tures of home furnishing,
trestle table and the food hutch or cupboard were The chest is perhaps the oldest of all furniture to
almost the only articles of furniture in the great come down to us, probably because it was strongly
house. The Knight's possessions were few, for built both against thievery and the exigencies of
when he journeyed at the behest of his king or on travel, and also because everybody had one.
his own affairs, his family, treasure, moneys and Next in age is the cupboard, cubberd, hutch,
furniture went with him packed on mule or horse- almerie or credence, to give some of the many
back. These troublous days ending, and times names it acquired on its long journey down to us.
GOTHIC OAK CUPBOARD BEARING THE INITIAL OF THE OWNER, PRINCE ARTHUR; MADE IN I5OO
In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
forty-six
OCTOBER I925
Gupboavds in Oak and Walnut
T O Then we look back- Survivals of the earliest growing more stable, house-
ward to the days forms of furniture, many of hold implements and furni-
when walls were hung ^ old chests and Cupboards ture,beca";e C°mm°n
with arras, and stone floors # j 'j" / as tne soldier had time to
were covered with rushes, eau LJU turn from bloody wars to
we also see the time when AMY L. BARRIiNfGTOJNf tne more peaceful adven-
the chest, the bed, the tures of home furnishing,
trestle table and the food hutch or cupboard were The chest is perhaps the oldest of all furniture to
almost the only articles of furniture in the great come down to us, probably because it was strongly
house. The Knight's possessions were few, for built both against thievery and the exigencies of
when he journeyed at the behest of his king or on travel, and also because everybody had one.
his own affairs, his family, treasure, moneys and Next in age is the cupboard, cubberd, hutch,
furniture went with him packed on mule or horse- almerie or credence, to give some of the many
back. These troublous days ending, and times names it acquired on its long journey down to us.
GOTHIC OAK CUPBOARD BEARING THE INITIAL OF THE OWNER, PRINCE ARTHUR; MADE IN I5OO
In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
forty-six
OCTOBER I925