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Seventeenth Century (Flemish)
silk cord with large tassels, the whole supported by
three gilded griffins. This room also contains sixteen
pictures, nine of which are still-life, and are signed
Jacques van Esch of Antwerp (1606-1666).
The commander's bedroom is very modest, as be-
comes one who has assumed the vows of poverty: a
little walnut bed with very ordinary curtains, with a
mattress, two bolsters, three pillows (one covered with
white leather, which he takes on his travels), and a
counterpane of quilted silk. He allowed himself the
luxury of a fire, because there are andirons and a hearth-
box. A portrait of the Virgin and The Temptation of St.
Anthony are his only pictures, and the one ornament is a
sculptured Descent from the Cross. A little desk and a
close chair covered in black leather and inlaid with
copper, complete the furniture of this room, which makes
an interesting contrast with the bishop's.
The enormous number of cooking utensils in the
kitchen show that the most lavish hospitality was
offered in this house. Every kind of copper pot and
pan, from the largest saucepan and boiler (de schouck
of hespenketel) to the tiniest pans for cakes and pastry
(een clein coper panneke waarin men dry eieren kan doppen,
and koek and tart pannen), are present in great numbers ;
and, moreover, there are portable ovens to bake tarts,
ladles, skimmers, sieves, spice-boxes, spits, skewers, ten
grills, large and small, some of them for roasting oysters-
in short every article that a cook would need to prepare a
feast for a gourmet.
The buffets, armoires and shelves of the kitchen are
filled with valuable metal ware, including eight aiguieres
silk cord with large tassels, the whole supported by
three gilded griffins. This room also contains sixteen
pictures, nine of which are still-life, and are signed
Jacques van Esch of Antwerp (1606-1666).
The commander's bedroom is very modest, as be-
comes one who has assumed the vows of poverty: a
little walnut bed with very ordinary curtains, with a
mattress, two bolsters, three pillows (one covered with
white leather, which he takes on his travels), and a
counterpane of quilted silk. He allowed himself the
luxury of a fire, because there are andirons and a hearth-
box. A portrait of the Virgin and The Temptation of St.
Anthony are his only pictures, and the one ornament is a
sculptured Descent from the Cross. A little desk and a
close chair covered in black leather and inlaid with
copper, complete the furniture of this room, which makes
an interesting contrast with the bishop's.
The enormous number of cooking utensils in the
kitchen show that the most lavish hospitality was
offered in this house. Every kind of copper pot and
pan, from the largest saucepan and boiler (de schouck
of hespenketel) to the tiniest pans for cakes and pastry
(een clein coper panneke waarin men dry eieren kan doppen,
and koek and tart pannen), are present in great numbers ;
and, moreover, there are portable ovens to bake tarts,
ladles, skimmers, sieves, spice-boxes, spits, skewers, ten
grills, large and small, some of them for roasting oysters-
in short every article that a cook would need to prepare a
feast for a gourmet.
The buffets, armoires and shelves of the kitchen are
filled with valuable metal ware, including eight aiguieres