. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . SPANISH GOTHIC TRACEEY. RENAISSANCE IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 163 CHESTS The caja de novia, or brides chest, was popular with both Moorand Christian. Large boxes or chests {arcones) seem to have beenin Spain, as elsewhere,the most usual articlesof furniture, and tohave been popular _from earliest timesuntil the days of the _haroqtte modes. The _most primitive formis that in BurgosCathedral, reputed to !,be the identical cofferwhich the Cid—that -r-, 1 c c^ • COFFER OF THE CID. BURGOS CATHEDRAL. J3ayard oi bpam— filled with sand and
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . SPANISH GOTHIC TRACEEY. RENAISSANCE IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 163 CHESTS The caja de novia, or brides chest, was popular with both Moorand Christian. Large boxes or chests {arcones) seem to have beenin Spain, as elsewhere,the most usual articlesof furniture, and tohave been popular _from earliest timesuntil the days of the _haroqtte modes. The _most primitive formis that in BurgosCathedral, reputed to !,be the identical cofferwhich the Cid—that -r-, 1 c c^ • COFFER OF THE CID. BURGOS CATHEDRAL. J3ayard oi bpam— filled with sand and deposited as security for a loan of six hundredmarks fi-om a Jew. It is fitted with rings for carriage upon thebacks of sumpter BEDS The bed grew larger and more and more sumptuous during thelater Gothic times. Hangings of satin, brocade, and rich skins wereused in conjunction with gold and silver embroidery, whilst a triptychor driptych containing the sacred images was placed at the head-end;balustrades of wood heavily silvered were set around it, and stepsof silver were provided in order that it might be entered withoutloss of dignity. These beds were usually placed in one corner of the apartment;in an opposite corner was the writing and dining-table, laid out with 164 DECORATIAE FURNITURE naperv including mandihtilas (or ja^v-^\ipe^s/ as the napkin was bluntlycalled), plates, dishes, cups, and spoons. VARGUE^JO CABINETS The peculiarly typical Spanish cabinet of the sixteenthand first half of the seventeenth century, known as a vargueno,—of which an example is shown in our Colour PlateXo. XXL,—is assumed to have received its name from itsfirst place of manufacture having been the village ofVargas, near T
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