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. 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] It may also be 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. 1 2 Henry Haven Windsor Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 1
  2. 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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