Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 283
e, is derived. These folding tablesseem to have been frequently removed after meals, to leave the hallclear for dancing. When the lord and lady dined alone, the table wasoften set before a double seat, with an overhanging canopy, underwhich both sat, while pages brought the viands and wine. Some of… … MODERN JACOBEAN TABLE. occasionally employed for the top.Generally they were of rude ortemporary character, but as timewent on cloths and napkins of silk,fringed with gold, served to hidethe bareness of the support. Withthe fifteenth century came achange. The table now assumedfantastic forms, and…
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