Furniture

The various movable appliances or articles in the interior of a house, et the European States from A. dD. 500 to 1500, the ecclesiastical style prevailed in furniture as in every other species of art, attaining its greatest eminence in the decorated Gothie of the 14th century. Articles of furniture previous to 1500 are very rare. The illuminations of MSS. supply more abundant details. For three centuries after the Conquest domestic furniture was very scanty. The hall was furnished with tables and benches, the furniture of a bedroom consisted of little more than a bed and a chest. The floors were usually of wood, strewed with rushes or something similar.