EARLY ANTIQUE EUROPEAN CUPBOARDS AND ARMOIRES
About 1300-1630
Vertical storage or display pieces with doors, as distinct from chests with lids, made from early Middle Ages onwards.
Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic: Early surviving examples; armoire about 1176, arched doors and ends (Abbey Church of St Etienne, Obazine); sacristy cupboard, about 1200, massive plank construction, painted over coating of gesso [...]