[Sca-cooks] ELIZABETHAN KITCHEN

[johnna holloway]

As to why the table at Kentwell Hall seems short,
a number of possiblities comes to mind.
If someone would like to really explore the subject I can come
up with the sources to get you started.
There is a subset of art history and decorative crafts that is
called Furniture History. There is
Furniture history: the journal of the Furniture History Society
among other publications. There are even books on tables, as
well as books on the history and furnishing of kitchens.
I would guess that given a good
research library with printed sources one could run the various
papers on the topic down in a day or so. I don't think
that the answer is going to be found on the web.

Sorry, I do not have the time at the moment to do the
full search over at the UM Art Library and Grad stacks.

Johnnae llyn Lewis    Johnna Holloway


>
> Okay, I'll phrase this as a question, instead of a sweeping generality, as
> I am oft prone to do! :-)
>
> Would the fact (if it IS a fact) that children/teens were servants in the
> kitchen have affected the height of the tables?
> Esther
>