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	In addition to the above print sources and the usual scouring of the Internet for information (Google, Pintrest, etc.) the following sites were viewed.		In addition to the above print sources and the usual scouring of the Internet for information (Google, Pintrest, etc.) the following sites were viewed.

	* Bonham ~~2015 Auction Catalog~~		* [https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/\| Bonham's Past Auctions]
	* Bonham 2013 Auction Catalog
	* Bonham 2012 Auction Catalog
	* Bonham 2012 Auction Catalog
	* [https://www.sworder.co.uk/auction/lot/500-an-oak-aumbry-or-dole-cupboard/?lot=193431&sd=1#\| Sworder 2017 Auction Catalog]		* [https://www.sworder.co.uk/auction/lot/500-an-oak-aumbry-or-dole-cupboard/?lot=193431&sd=1#\| Sworder 2017 Auction Catalog]
	* [https://www.marhamchurchantiques.com/antique/early-tudor-hutch/\| Marhamchurch Antiques]		* [https://www.marhamchurchantiques.com/antique/early-tudor-hutch/\| Marhamchurch Antiques]
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	* [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167595/cupboard-unknown/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167595/cupboard-unknown/\| V & A Collections]		* [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167595/cupboard-unknown/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167595/cupboard-unknown/\| V & A Collections]
	* [https://codlinsandcream2.blogspot.com/2011/06/haddon-hall-revisited.html\| Haddon House, England]		* [https://codlinsandcream2.blogspot.com/2011/06/haddon-hall-revisited.html\| Haddon House, England]
	* New York Metropolitan Museum		* [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search\| New York Metropolitan Museum]
	* [https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-16th-century-style-english-elm-aumbry,-made-in-554-c-2b243d880a\| Invaluable Auction]		* [https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-16th-century-style-english-elm-aumbry,-made-in-554-c-2b243d880a\| Invaluable Auction]
	* [http://vi.vipr.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4=&item=301666262531&\| German eBay (crazy, right?)]		* [http://vi.vipr.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4=&item=301666262531&\| German eBay (crazy, right?)]

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 :A second set of medieval furniture along the lines of the previous book. And the previous cautions apply. You can get both books under one cover by looking up: Medieval & Renaissance Furniture: Plans & Instructions for Historical Reproductions (2012) ISBN: 978-0811710237. This volume has another ambry, but it is later, mid-16th Century and is more properly a livery cupboard.
 ;Mercer, Eric. Furniture: 700 – 1700. 1969. Merideth Press, New York.
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 :An interesting summary of the use of nails and screws in historical furniture.
-In addition to the above print sources, the usual scouring of the Internet for information (Google, Pintrest, etc.).
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	Chinnery, Victor. Oak Furniture: The British Tradition: A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England. Rev. ed. Woodbridge, England: ACC Art Books, 2016. 551p.		== Print Resources ==
			;Chinnery, Victor. Oak Furniture: The British Tradition: A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England. Rev. ed. Woodbridge, England: ACC Art Books, 2016. 551p.

	If you can have only one book on period furniture, this is the one you want. The compilation of 4 decades of collection and consulting this work is encyclopedic in scope with hundreds of photos and loads of historical context. He has descriptions of ambries and several photographs.		:If you can have only one book on period furniture, this is the one you want. The compilation of 4 decades of collection and consulting this work is encyclopedic in scope with hundreds of photos and loads of historical context. He has descriptions of ambries and several photographs.

	A quote touching upon our topic of ambries:		:A quote touching upon our topic of ambries:
	The earlier appearances of enclosed cupboards (‘presses’ or ‘aumbries’) is discussed elsewhere, for it is more interesting at this point to pursue the theme of the incorporation of enclosed compartments within the existing form of the open cup-board; since we can divine there parallel developments both in the form of the standing cupboard, and in the meaning of the word ‘cupboard’. The partially enclosed cup-boards in Figures 3:257–3:265 [the illustrations in this section] are all variations on a common theme, which is best interpreted as a court cup-board of which the major part is enclosed by a compartment with doors. This description is echoed exactly by some early inventory descriptions:
	~~1527 . . . A waynescott cupborde wt. two aumbries . . .~~
	~~1552 . . . my new cubbarde with ye presse in yt . . .~~
	~~1565 . . . one littell cobord with a loker . . .~~
	~~1600 . . . A ioyned livrie cupbourde with two close cupbourdes in it . . .”~~

	~~Diehl~~, ~~Daniel~~. ~~1996. Constructing Medieval Furniture~~: ~~Plans and Instructions~~ with ~~Historical Notes~~. ~~Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania~~: ~~Stackpole Books ISBN: 978-0811727952~~		::The earlier appearances of enclosed cupboards (‘presses’ or ‘aumbries’) is discussed elsewhere, for it is more interesting at this point to pursue the theme of the incorporation of enclosed compartments within the existing form of the open cup-board; since we can divine there parallel developments both in the form of the standing cupboard, and in the meaning of the word ‘cupboard’. The partially enclosed cup-boards in Figures 3:257–3:265 [the illustrations in this section] are all variations on a common theme, which is best interpreted as a court cup-board of which the major part is enclosed by a compartment with doors. This description is echoed exactly by some early inventory descriptions:

	A ~~good survey of some medieval furniture~~ with ~~enough information to get you started~~. ~~These are NOT plans per se, they are measured drawings of items in museums, so details are spotty depending on what access the author had~~. ~~I have used this book to make a couple of projects~~ with ~~mixed results. If you are not a beginning woodworker, it can be~~ a ~~useful reference~~. ~~The aumbry he shows is one of the ones in Haddon Hall, England~~. ~~It is elm and 29”H x 32~~.~~5”W x 17~~.~~5”D~~. ~~Interestingly two of the designs are the same as the one I built~~. ~~I have issues~~ with ~~some of his instructions, but maybe he’s seen this piece~~ in ~~person~~.		::1527 . . . A waynescott cupborde wt. two aumbries . . .
			::1552 . . . my new cubbarde with ye presse in yt . . .
			::1565 . . . one littell cobord with a lower . . .
			::1600 . . . A ioyned livrie cupbourde with two close cupbourdes in it . . .”

	Diehl, Daniel. ~~1999~~. Medieval Furniture: Plans and Instructions ~~for~~ Historical ~~Reproductions~~. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books ISBN: 978-~~0811728546~~		;Diehl, Daniel. 1996. Constructing Medieval Furniture: Plans and Instructions with Historical Notes. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books ISBN: 978-0811727952

	A ~~second set~~ of medieval furniture ~~along the lines~~ of the ~~previous~~ book. ~~And~~ the ~~previous cautions apply~~. ~~You can get both books under~~ one ~~cover by looking up: Medieval & Renaissance Furniture: Plans & Instructions for Historical Reproductions (2012) ISBN: 978-0811710237~~. ~~This volume has another ambry~~, but ~~it is later, mid-16th Century and is more properly a livery cupboard~~.		:A good survey of some medieval furniture with enough information to get you started. These are NOT plans per se, they are measured drawings of items in museums, so details are spotty depending on what access the author had. I have used this book to make a couple of projects with mixed results. If you are not a beginning woodworker, it can be a useful reference. The aumbry he shows is one of the ones in Haddon Hall, England. It is elm and 29”H x 32.5”W x 17.5”D. Interestingly two of the designs are the same as the one I built. I have issues with some of his instructions, but maybe he’s seen this piece in person.

	~~Mercer~~, ~~Eric~~. Furniture: ~~700 – 1700~~. ~~1969. Merideth Press~~, ~~New York.~~		;Diehl, Daniel. 1999. Medieval Furniture: Plans and Instructions for Historical Reproductions. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books ISBN: 978-0811728546

	A ~~decent~~ is ~~slightly dated survey~~, a ~~good companion to Chinnery as much of its content is not English~~.		:A second set of medieval furniture along the lines of the previous book. And the previous cautions apply. You can get both books under one cover by looking up: Medieval & Renaissance Furniture: Plans & Instructions for Historical Reproductions (2012) ISBN: 978-0811710237. This volume has another ambry, but it is later, mid-16th Century and is more properly a livery cupboard.

	White, Christopher. 2007. Observations on the Development of Wood Screws in North America. Furniture and Frame Conservation Lab, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 2 Dec 2020.		;Mercer, Eric. Furniture: 700 – 1700. 1969. Merideth Press, New York.
	An interesting summary of the use of nails and screws in historical furniture.
			:A decent if slightly dated survey, a good companion to Chinnery as much of its content is not English.

			;White, Christopher. 2007. Observations on the Development of Wood Screws in North America. Furniture and Frame Conservation Lab, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 2 Dec 2020.

			:An interesting summary of the use of nails and screws in historical furniture.

	In addition to the above print sources, the usual scouring of the Internet for information (Google, Pintrest, etc.).		In addition to the above print sources, the usual scouring of the Internet for information (Google, Pintrest, etc.).

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Chinnery, Victor. Oak Furniture: The British Tradition: A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England. Rev. ed. Woodbridge, England: ACC Art Books, 2016. 551p.

If you can have only one book on period furniture, this is the one you want. The compilation of 4 decades of collection and consulting this work is encyclopedic in scope with hundreds of photos and loads of historical context. He has descriptions of ambries and several photographs.

A quote touching upon our topic of ambries:
The earlier appearances of enclosed cupboards (‘presses’ or ‘aumbries’) is discussed elsewhere, for it is more interesting at this point to pursue the theme of the incorporation of enclosed compartments within the existing form of the open cup-board; since we can divine there parallel developments both in the form of the standing cupboard, and in the meaning of the word ‘cupboard’. The partially enclosed cup-boards in Figures 3:257–3:265 [the illustrations in this section] are all variations on a common theme, which is best interpreted as a court cup-board of which the major part is enclosed by a compartment with doors. This description is echoed exactly by some early inventory descriptions:
1527 . . . A waynescott cupborde wt. two aumbries . . .
1552 . . . my new cubbarde with ye presse in yt . . .
1565 . . . one littell cobord with a loker . . .
1600 . . . A ioyned livrie cupbourde with two close cupbourdes in it . . .”

Diehl, Daniel. 1996. Constructing Medieval Furniture: Plans and Instructions with Historical Notes. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books ISBN: 978-0811727952

A good survey of some medieval furniture with enough information to get you started. These are NOT plans per se, they are measured drawings of items in museums, so details are spotty depending on what access the author had. I have used this book to make a couple of projects with mixed results. If you are not a beginning woodworker, it can be a useful reference. The aumbry he shows is one of the ones in Haddon Hall, England. It is elm and 29”H x 32.5”W x 17.5”D. Interestingly two of the designs are the same as the one I built. I have issues with some of his instructions, but maybe he’s seen this piece in person.

Diehl, Daniel. 1999. Medieval Furniture: Plans and Instructions for Historical Reproductions. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books ISBN: 978-0811728546

A second set of medieval furniture along the lines of the previous book. And the previous cautions apply. You can get both books under one cover by looking up: Medieval & Renaissance Furniture: Plans & Instructions for Historical Reproductions (2012) ISBN: 978-0811710237. This volume has another ambry, but it is later, mid-16th Century and is more properly a livery cupboard.

Mercer, Eric. Furniture: 700 – 1700. 1969. Merideth Press, New York.

A decent is slightly dated survey, a good companion to Chinnery as much of its content is not English.

White, Christopher. 2007. Observations on the Development of Wood Screws in North America. Furniture and Frame Conservation Lab, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 2 Dec 2020.
An interesting summary of the use of nails and screws in historical furniture.

In addition to the above print sources, the usual scouring of the Internet for information (Google, Pintrest, etc.).

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:04, 7 December 2020
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	In addition to the above print sources and the usual scouring of the Internet for information (Google, Pintrest, etc.) the following sites were viewed.		In addition to the above print sources and the usual scouring of the Internet for information (Google, Pintrest, etc.) the following sites were viewed.

	* Bonham ~~2015 Auction Catalog~~		* [https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/\| Bonham's Past Auctions]
	* Bonham 2013 Auction Catalog
	* Bonham 2012 Auction Catalog
	* Bonham 2012 Auction Catalog
	* [https://www.sworder.co.uk/auction/lot/500-an-oak-aumbry-or-dole-cupboard/?lot=193431&sd=1#\| Sworder 2017 Auction Catalog]		* [https://www.sworder.co.uk/auction/lot/500-an-oak-aumbry-or-dole-cupboard/?lot=193431&sd=1#\| Sworder 2017 Auction Catalog]
	* [https://www.marhamchurchantiques.com/antique/early-tudor-hutch/\| Marhamchurch Antiques]		* [https://www.marhamchurchantiques.com/antique/early-tudor-hutch/\| Marhamchurch Antiques]
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	* [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167595/cupboard-unknown/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167595/cupboard-unknown/\| V & A Collections]		* [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167595/cupboard-unknown/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167595/cupboard-unknown/\| V & A Collections]
	* [https://codlinsandcream2.blogspot.com/2011/06/haddon-hall-revisited.html\| Haddon House, England]		* [https://codlinsandcream2.blogspot.com/2011/06/haddon-hall-revisited.html\| Haddon House, England]
	* New York Metropolitan Museum		* [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search\| New York Metropolitan Museum]
	* [https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-16th-century-style-english-elm-aumbry,-made-in-554-c-2b243d880a\| Invaluable Auction]		* [https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-16th-century-style-english-elm-aumbry,-made-in-554-c-2b243d880a\| Invaluable Auction]
	* [http://vi.vipr.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4=&item=301666262531&\| German eBay (crazy, right?)]		* [http://vi.vipr.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4=&item=301666262531&\| German eBay (crazy, right?)]