The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 137
d cottages, fortunate enough to stillretain and value these relics ofbygone days, they are known asbread and cheese cupboards, thetradition of their original use thussurviving. Court Cupboards, which madetheir d^but in Elizabethan days,were simply short cupboards in thegenesis of the term (from… … BRITISH DECORATIVE FURNITURE—TUDOR 91 usually, at first, enclosed in both, as in the Newark exampleshown in Colour Plate No. 12; the upper division was recessed, itscornice being supported by a turned column. This column was, inlater varieties, reduced to a turned pendant or drop, frequentlyof…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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