another view ...Dutch cabinet kitchen, 1670-1700. In Holland, well-to-do Dutch families preferred to store their treasures in cupboards and cabinets of the sort that were used to store linen or china. The wealthy classes liked to demonstrate evidence of their wealth by collecting precious or interesting and new items in curiosity cabinets. Amongst these were miniatures of household items specially commissioned and collected with such enthusiasm that whole households were sometimes…
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