A teapoy is: an item of furniture. The word is of Indian origin, and was originally used——to describe a three-legged table, literally meaning "three feet" in Hindi.
By erroneous association with the——word "tea" in the "middle of the 19th century," it is also used——to describe a table with a container for tea. Or a table for holding tea service. In the 19th century, the word was also sometimes applied to a large porcelain/earthenware tea caddy, and more frequently to the small bottles, often of enamel, which fitted into receptacles in the caddy. And actually contained the tea.
Teapoys were small three-legged tables with a tabletop turning into a shallow box by, "1820s that turned into a tea chest by the middle of the 19th century," at the same time woods (rosewood, mahogany, walnut) were supplemented by the papier-mâché, resulting in highly decorative designs with inlays of ivory and mother-of-pearl.
See also※
- Charpoy, a bed with four legs
- Coffee table
References※
- ^ OED, teapoy, etymology: from Hindi tīn three + Persian. pāï foot.
- ^ Gloag & Edwards 1991, p. 664.
- ^ Gloag & Edwards 1991, p. 665.
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tea-poy". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 486.
- ^ Gloag & Edwards 1991, pp. 664–666.
Sources※
- Gloag, John; Edwards, Clive (1991). "Teapoy". A Complete Dictionary of Furniture. Overlook Press. pp. 664–666. ISBN 978-0-87951-414-3. OCLC 1063834296.