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How did I live so long without learning the meaning of the word, “credenza”?
Also, “sideboard” … because before last week, everything to me was a “cabinet” (and I still haven’t inserted the word “credenza” into my vocab).
Furniture shopping… chinuch!
Thank you 🙂
Credenza
Sideboard a/k/a Buffet
Breakfront a/k/a China Cabinet a/k/a Hutch
Sofa a/k/a Couch a/a Chesterfield
Etagere a/k/a Room Divider a/k/a wall unitThe fancier the name the higher the price
Originally, these words meant different things: e/g/ A Breakfront has drawers and/or cabinets below and glass fronted doors to shelves above. The lines of the front are broken…the center section may protrude several inches further from the wall from the side sections. A china cabinet will be all the same depth and usually only one (or one set) of doors. A hutch will be open shelving on top. But today they are used interchangeably.
Mrs. CTL is a designer. I have education by osmosis
I grew up with a credenza. If your parents didn’t own one why would use the word?
Mr CTL,
A silver filled credenza
Is a sign of affluenza
But a chesterfield is for one whose birth
Occurred when dinosaurs roamed the earth@Golfer
The Chesterfield Sofa was originally designed in the mid 18th century. It has rolled back the same height as its rolled arms and is usually button tufted.
The main section of the CTL home was built in 1803 and has many period appropriate pieces. Our 2nd floor has only 7 foot ceilings. There is a Chesterfield in the sitting room. A high back sofa would be out of scale.BTW>>>>I also own a Chesterfield Coat for winter dress wear.
We don’t keep Silver in the credenza…it’s in the foyer and holds gloves in the top drawers, and attaches, brief and mah jongg cases in the lower cabinets. Silver is in the breakfront and butler’s pantry.
I’ve only heard of credenzas in the realm of office furniture. I looked it up on staples.com and found 934 items.
A somewhat interesting explanation of the name’s origin, from Wikipedia:
“Originally in Italian the name meant belief (etymologically connected to the English word “credence”). In the 16th century the act of credenza was the tasting of food and drinks by a servant for a lord or other important person (such as the pope or a cardinal) in order to test for poison. The name may have passed then to the room where the act took place, then to the furniture.”
[posted from my Attilla the Hun desk chair]
Maybe the neighbor is afraid that someone is trying to poison her?
“When did attempts at poisoning people become less popular?”
How do you know that poisoning has become less popular? The White House, for example, does not permit arbitrary food to be brought in from the outside; security checks are required.
Poisoning did become less popular as the number of leadership positions that passed down to the next in line decreased.
Is the price negotiable?
@Lightbrite
Sideboards, Buffets, Servers, Consoles are made to stand against a wall and unfinished on the rear. They do not have storage above the counter level (usually not taller than 41″
A wall unit is not finished on the rear and is placed back to the wall,
An Etagere is finished on all sides and is often used freestanding as a room dividerIn addition to sofa, couch and Chesterfield, is Divan and Chaise Longue (long, not lounge).
Shorter couches (2 places) may be called Settees or Love Seats
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