The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 93
TABLES The board of the Middle Ages was usually an easily removabletop, supported on trestles (a corruption of the original threstule, forthree-footed supports). The trestle and the stool were largely, inboth name and purpose, identical. 52 DECORATIVE FURNITURE Trestle tables were not always crude… … Of mediaeval days was probably a gieattable on the dais at the upper end ofthe hall : Beginning the table doi-mant,signifying taking the first place at thefeast. Chaucer wished to emphasise theprofuse hospitality of the Frankeleynwhen he \\Tote— Hvs table dormant in hys halle alwayStocMl redv…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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