An object with multiple functions: experiencies around the Granada table in the Eighteenth century

Abstract

This article presents the importance of domestic furniture in 18th century Granada, a topic of great novelty due to its non-existence in the historical historiography. Within the great variety of typologies that house it, we focus on the table, a basic and transcendental piece in the events of daily life. With its analysis we interpret one of the most important cultural manifestations of history that responds to the concerns of a society and the ways of life of the residents themselves. Its use, configuration and layout, as well as the materials and techniques used for its construction, tell us about a cultural period of which much remains to be discovered. Thanks to the content of the archival documentation we can learn about this typology, as an inherent part of the eighteenth- century housing in Granada.