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So what exactly is the target image I have in mind for this piece of furniture? I wanted something that would be a combination of a “display” piece where serving dishes could be stored visibly or staged for use, but also with internal space for the (modern) modular storage totes. Ideally, the visible storage/display space would be appropriate both for serving dishes (plates, pitchers, glassware, etc.) but also for my reproduction cookware.
Initial research suggested that the sort of thing I was looking for would be most appropriate for the 15-16th century, which also fit best with the era of most of my reproduction pottery. (It doesn’t necessarily fit ideally with the eras I dress for -- I tend to max out at the end of the 15th century.)
Manuscript illustrations (primarily Burgundian) provide examples of a couple of basic types, both of which could be thought of as a wide box (with doors on the front), standing on 4 legs, with a shelf fixed at the bottom of the legs just above the floor.
The more elaborate variant adds a backing, either simply as a standing panel, or with shelving and sometimes a shallow canopy:
(Brussels, ca. 1472) ( This is going to be image-heavy. )
Initial research suggested that the sort of thing I was looking for would be most appropriate for the 15-16th century, which also fit best with the era of most of my reproduction pottery. (It doesn’t necessarily fit ideally with the eras I dress for -- I tend to max out at the end of the 15th century.)
Manuscript illustrations (primarily Burgundian) provide examples of a couple of basic types, both of which could be thought of as a wide box (with doors on the front), standing on 4 legs, with a shelf fixed at the bottom of the legs just above the floor.
The more elaborate variant adds a backing, either simply as a standing panel, or with shelving and sometimes a shallow canopy:
(Brussels, ca. 1472) ( This is going to be image-heavy. )
