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Thursday, May 24, 2018

398. It is all about trust

This particular type of furniture gets its name from the Italian for belief or trust. The story goes something like this. In the 16th century, food and drinks were laid out on this furniture to be tasted by a servant prior to being served to a lord or other important person (such as the pope or a cardinal) in order to test for poison. Thus, an act of trust lent its name to the room where the act took place and eventually the type of furniture. Name please!

2 comments:

bv said...

Googled answer as usual. Good to see you back, even if cimmerian has disappeared.

Sambhu Singh Rathi said...

Cimmerian will be back soon :)