The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 98
BRITISH DECORATIVE FURNITURE—LATE GOTHIC 55 … easily portable valuables, and more readily convertible into wealth attimes of stress. The cupboard was originally the cup-board, i.e. a board upon which to place cujjs. Its open shelveswere afterwards enclosed by doors to form a cupboard,in the present-day application of the term to any spacein…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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