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Roman cupboard

The term cupboard was originally used to describe an open-shelved side table for displaying dishware, more specifically plates, cups and saucers. These open cupboards typically had between one and three display tiers, and at the time, a drawer or multiple drawers fitted to them. The word cupboard gradually came to mean furniture for enclosing dishware or grocery items that are stored in a home. This Roman cupboard is a replica of the one founded in the House of C. Julius Polybius at Pompei, Italy, from the 1st Century A.D.

References:
House of C. Julius Polybius, Pompei
https://ermakvagus.com/Europe/Italy/Pompeii/julius-polybius.html
Romano Impero. Stipi e armari romani
https://www.romanoimpero.com/2016/05/stipi-e-armadi.html