Buffetkast, kast en tafel 1895

This print by Léon Laroche, presents designs for furniture, showcasing a buffet, cabinet, and table. Notice the prominent use of geometric patterns and symmetry. The arches, rectangles and squares speak to a sense of order and balance, values deeply embedded in domestic life. These very shapes, however, remind us of portals and windows. We can see in them the evolution from sacred architecture where arches once framed the divine. Here, they invite us into the domestic sphere, a transformation of sacred spaces into places of everyday ritual. Consider how these forms echo in Gothic cathedrals and Renaissance palaces, evolving from symbols of spiritual transcendence to markers of social status and domestic comfort. The arrangement and patterns are not merely decorative, they are carriers of cultural memory, surfacing in new contexts, and reminding us that even in the most mundane objects, the echoes of history resonate.