Tea-table [ Furniture & Interior decoration / Rituals & Ceremonies / Eating & Drinking ]
… Compagnie (VOC) , and later, in rapidly increasing quantities imported by the English East India Company (EIC) from Canton and other factory ports in China. 1 1 . Markman Ellis, Richard Coulton, and Matthew Mauger, Empire of Tea … Coffee-houses’. 4 In this list, Addison identified the tea-table as the equal, and most innovative, of the other significant institutions that characterized public culture in the period, such as coffeehouses and clubs. Accordingly Addison …
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