huche

Updated: May 21, 2025

These, with the armoire of similar design, and the "huche" or chest with relief carving, of a design part Moorish, part Byzantine, used as a step to mount to the bed and also as a table, are still the garniture of a good farm house in Brittany.

Frederick Litchfield - Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time