. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . ose who, requiringfood between the evening meal at 5 and the morning meal at10 had their livery supper of cakes and spiced wine deliveredto them each night in their bedrooms. Livery cupboards were lessornamented than the court cupboai-d. If one accej^ts the definitionsupplied by the extant contract for building Hengrave Hall— ge cobartis ti)cg be matie vt facgon of lieunrg gt is totout lioors —the livsimplest ery cupboard was an open shelved piece of furniture of themodern dinner wagon type. In old country farms and c
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . ose who, requiringfood between the evening meal at 5 and the morning meal at10 had their livery supper of cakes and spiced wine deliveredto them each night in their bedrooms. Livery cupboards were lessornamented than the court cupboai-d. If one accej^ts the definitionsupplied by the extant contract for building Hengrave Hall— ge cobartis ti)cg be matie vt facgon of lieunrg gt is totout lioors —the livsimplest ery cupboard was an open shelved piece of furniture of themodern dinner wagon type. In old country farms and 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 debut in Elizabethan days,were simply short cupboards in thegenesis of the term (from Frenchcowt = short), and were so calledto distinguish them from the con-tinental standing cupboards ofthe dressoir type. They were orig-inally made in two divisions, and. TUDOE-JACOBEAN OAK COITRT CTTPBOAIID. 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 acorn shape; a structural peculiarity causing the cornice, which wasalmost invariably fi-iezed, to overhang sufficiently to make a secrethiding-place. The functions of the court cupboards were originallyto store the wines, food, and candles required by the family, and acloth to cover the top was always used. In another characteristicdesign, consisting of open shelving below, the actual cupboard inthe upper part was formed by small square doors, frequently cantedback at each end, as in Sir Theodore Frys court cupboard, formingColour Plate No. 27. The ample shelf thus obtained was used forgar
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