. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . ly assumed that their original use was to keep valuables,arms, and armour free from dust and rust. Upon the disuse of armour they became cupboards in which to hangother dress equipments, and thus were the fore-runners of the was originallyconfined in France toleathern usage was graduallyextended to strong coffers,boxes, or chests intended A RELIC OP THE ARM^U)A. CHKST BELONG- for travellcrs, and even to ING TO THE CORPORATION OF WEYMOUTH. cupboards and armoires. Hutches (hicches), th
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . ly assumed that their original use was to keep valuables,arms, and armour free from dust and rust. Upon the disuse of armour they became cupboards in which to hangother dress equipments, and thus were the fore-runners of the was originallyconfined in France toleathern usage was graduallyextended to strong coffers,boxes, or chests intended A RELIC OP THE ARM^U)A. CHKST BELONG- for travellcrs, and even to ING TO THE CORPORATION OF WEYMOUTH. cupboards and armoires. Hutches (hicches), though simple varieties of the cofiers and chests ofthe mediseval home, were of somewhat better type than the bin or troughto which the term hutch is now applied. Their makers were originallycalled huchiers, and gradually became identified with joiners and carpenters. By the end of Henry reign the old cofifer type of chest,the front of which was formed by one piece or block, frequently iron-bound, was being supplanted by the panelled, framed-up,
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