Tea-table [ Furniture & Interior decoration / Rituals & Ceremonies / Eating & Drinking ]
… No 10, March 12 1711. Addison conceived of the tea-table as a form of sociability at which conversation and periodical reading, as well as tea, were central. Thirteen further essays (Nos 92, 140, 158, 212, 216, 246, 276, 300, 323, 395, 488, …
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