Planned as a cupboard, this little larder or dresser retains, nevertheless, the frontal appearance of a buffet or even of the glass-doored corner cabinet that appeared in homes of the bourgeoisie and the well-to-do country residents at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Its originality comes, moreover, from numerous carved "biscuits" or circular patterns that decorated the front and the lateral sides. The Breton origin of this motif is known but the symbolism connected with its use remains vague.
This evidence of marriage customs in Britanny can perhaps enlighten us: a researcher enquiring into the practice of the Breton bride's cupboard, noted the following: "Then buckwheat pancakes were made. They prepared one bigger than the others and threw it on an old cupboard where it had to remain for one year to bring happiness to the young married couple." Perhaps the biscuits adorning several Quebec cupboards derive from this tradition.
