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Short visual history of furniture styles (from left to right): cloisonné plaque , Chair of Reniseneb (Ancient Egyptian), metal brazier with satyrs from Pompei (Greco-Roman), fall-front cabinet inlaid with ivory , low-back armchair , casket with images of Cupids , wood and ivory furniture fragment , chest , analogion (Romanian Medieval ...
In Medieval and early Renaissance times in Europe, low chests were often used as benches while taller chests were used as side tables. By placing a chest on the side on any kind of rough table, the inner surface of its lid could be used as a proper writing surface while the interior could house writing implements and related materials, as was ...
The settle bed was a metamorphising piece of furniture, functioning as a seat during the day, and converting into a bed at night which first appeared in Ireland in the early 1600s. The hinged seat could be opened out onto the floor to create a bed.
In homes with only one room, the box-bed allowed some privacy and helped keep people warm during winter. It was the main furniture of rural houses in Brittany until the 20th century. Often carved and decorated, it was the pride of its owners. Some closed-beds were built one above the other in a double-decker, two-story arrangement.
The standard fittings of the late medieval and early modern study can be inventoried among the conventional trappings in portrayals of Saint Jerome in illuminated manuscripts, in paintings, or in engravings like those of Albrecht Dürer (illustration): a chair; perhaps a footstool to lift the feet from the draughty floor; a portable desk with a ...
Church furniture in medieval English and Welsh parish churches, Regional Furniture, 2007. [22] Britain's medieval episcopal thrones, Havertown: Oxbow Books, 2015. [23] He has contributed articles to the specialist Building Conservation Directory publication for historic buildings, on the topic of conserving medieval church pews and pulpits. [8] [9]
A refectory table is a highly elongated table [1] used originally for dining in monasteries during Medieval times. In the Late Middle Ages, the table gradually became a banqueting or feasting table in castles and other noble residences. The original table manufacture was by hand and created of oak or walnut; the design is based on a trestle style.
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