The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 104
BRITISH DECORATIVE FURXITURE—LATE GOTHIC 59 In the succeeding Tudor days we shall find greater variety andfuller references to the predecessors of the sideboard. … THE DUNMOW CHAIB. CHAIRS, STOOLS, AND BENCHES Benches {bancs) and stools, the most common seats during lateGothic times, were almost entirely utilitarian. Joint stools, nowadayspopularly supposed to have been madeexclusively for supporting coflBns, wereused at the ends of the tables, and, insteadof…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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