Taboret

A taboret (also spelled tabouret or tabourette) refers to two different pieces of furniture: a cabinet or a stool.

Empire style tabourets in the Château de Fontainebleau
1909 octagonal tabouret of Arts and Crafts design[1]
1910 Jacobean Tabouret, UK
1912 square tabouret of craftsman design[2]
1917 piano bench and taboret
19th century Milking Tabouret, Romania

17th-century stool

As a stool, it refers to a short stool without a back or arms. The name is derived from its resemblance to a drum (diminutive of Old French tabour).[3][4]

The tabouret acquired a more specialized meaning in 17th-century France at the court of Louis XIV in Versailles. Sitting in the presence of the royal family was a much coveted honor, and the tabouret was the way to do it. The court tabouret was an elaborate, upholstered stool with curved wooden legs and tassels, carried by a liveried and wigged servant. Duchesses were automatically granted the honor of sitting in front of the queen. In fact, this stool became such a symbol of privilege that when Louis XIV's mother, the Regent Anne of Austria, granted the tabouret to two non-duchesses, such a storm of protest was raised that she had to revoke the order.[5]

Arts and Crafts plant stand

In the context of the Arts and Crafts Movement, a taboret is a narrow and tall stand for a plant, lamp, ashtray, or a beverage.[6] Also a mission oak book stand shelf, or side table, or end table.[1][2][7]

Modern cabinet

The current sense refers to graphic artists' task furniture, a wheeled, portable stand or cabinet, with drawers and shelves for storage, used to bring supplies to a work area.[8][9]

See also

References
  1. Henry Haven Windsor Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 1
  2. Henry Haven Windsor Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 3
  3. "tabouret". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  4. wiktionary:tabouret
  5. Herman, Eleanor (2004). Sex with Kings. New York: HarperCollins. pp. 140-141. ISBN 0-06-058543-9.
  6. "Gustav Stickley Arts & Crafts Solid Oak Tabouret, Circa 1909". eBay. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  7. Wright, Frank Lloyd (15 September 2021). "tabouret (1908)". MutualArt. Archived from the original on 2021-09-15. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  8. "Storage Compartment Added to Taboret Make It More Useful to Artists". Popular Mechanics. Popular Mechanics Co. December 1935. p. 956.
  9. "PS/APA Panel Prize Projects". Popular Science. Los Angeles: Times Mirror. August 1985. Artist's taboret Designed to keep art supplies handy near an easel


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