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A Short History of Sideboards
by Graham Blackburn
Items deemed worthy of display in living rooms and parlors found a home in display cabinets, essentially more sophisticated versions of dressers, which had begun as low, table-height cupboards used for display in wealthy medieval halls. These dressers eventually acquired open shelving above to become the form now implied by the term.
Credenzas may also fall under this category of furniture. The term is derived from the English term “credence,” although American common usage now prefers the original Italian: credenza.
The origin of the English term is interesting, if no longer pertinent to its contemporary use: As a side table on which food was placed to be tasted for poison before being served (to pope, lord, king, or other important person) it provided the truth or credence of what was being served.
Not only has the name changed (or rather, reverted), but the use of this article has also expanded beyond its original purpose. A credenza is now more commonly understood as a form of flat-topped, longish, table-height cupboard or cabinet, used as a bookcase or display cabinet. Possibly this is because of the similarity to various Renaissance credenzas that were made to rest flat on the ground rather than being elevated on stands or legs (as were the early credenzas — from which were developed pieces including court cupboards, sideboards, and hunt boards.
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