The book of American interiors, prepared by Charles Wyllys Elliott from existing houses; with preliminary essays and letterpress descriptions; illustrated in heliotype (1876)
Elliott, Charles Wyllys, 1817-1883 · Boston, J.R. Osgood and Co. · leaf 44
t was cournable,On ech party was a dormant table. Even as late as the reign of Henry VIII., the great halls in the * THE DINING-ROOM. 37 palaces of that monarcli contained little else but tables dorrnaunteand fformes dorniaunte. * No serious innovation took place, however, until the beginningof the… … an allusion to it in the Ordinances of Eltham, made in 1526, whereit is stated that sundrie noblemen and gentlemen and others doemuche delighte and use to dyne in corners and secret places, notrepayring to the kinges chamber or hall. This change is evidentby the fact that few domestic buildings…
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