the.com/corner cupboard
Furniture that admits every room has one angle nobody knows what to do with.
means A cupboard custom-built to fit snugly into the corner of a room, often triangular or curved at the front, used for storage or display.
from Straightforward compound: 'corner,' from Old French 'corniere' (related to Latin 'cornu,' meaning horn or point, the thing that juts out or where two lines meet), plus 'cupboard,' which originally meant exactly what it says — a board or table for displaying cups and dishes, before evolving into an enclosed storage piece. The corner cupboard itself rose in popularity in domestic interiors of past centuries as a practical answer to awkward architecture, claiming dead space for china and keepsakes.
- shape logic
- Triangular footprint, wasted space elsewhere eliminated
- georgian favorite
- Hung on walls before floor versions existed
- glazed top
- Shows off china, hides the awkward angle
- built-in cousin
- Modern kitchens fake it with lazy susans