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| Pieter van der Borcht after Hans Vredeman de Vries Three long tables ca. 1583 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
"This solid and tasteful furniture was subjected by Mr. Knott to frequent changes of position, both absolute and relative. Thus it was not rare to find, on the Sunday, the tallboy on its feet by the fire, and the dressing-table on its head by the bed, and the nightstool on its face by the door, and the wash-hand stand on its back by the window; and, on the Monday, the tallboy on its head by the bed, and the dressing-table on its face by the door, and the nightstool on its back by the window, and the washhand-stand on its feet by the fire; and, on the Tuesday, the tallboy on its face by the door, and the dressing-table on its back by the window, and the nightstool on its feet by the fire, and the washhand-stand on its head by the bed; and, on the Wednesday, the tallboy on its back by the window, and the dressing-table on its feet by the fire, and the nightstool on its head by the bed, and the washhand-stand on its face by the door; and, on the Thursday, the tallboy on its side by the fire, and the dressing-table on its feet by the bed, and the nightstool on its head by the door, and the washhand-stand on its face by the window; and, on the Friday, the tallboy on its feet by the bed, and the dressing-table on its head by the door, and the nightstool on its face by the window, and the washhand-stand on its side by the fire; and, on the Saturday, the tallboy on its head by the door, and the dressing-table on its face by the window, and the nightstool on its side by the fire, and the washhand-stand on its feet by the bed; and, on the Sunday week, the tallboy on its face by the window, and the dressing table on its side by the fire, and the nightstool on its feet by the bed, and the washhand-stand on its head by the door; and, on the Monday week, the tallboy on its back by the fire, and the dressing-table on its side by the bed, and the nightstool on its feet by the door, and the washhand-stand on its head by the window; and, on the Tuesday week, the tallboy on its side by the bed, and the dressing-table on its feet by the door, and the nightstool on its head by the window, and the washhand-stand on its back by the fire; and, on the Wednesday week, the tallboy on its feet by the door, and the dressing-table on its head by the window, and the nightstool on its back by the fire, and the washhand-stand on its side by the bed; and, on the Thursday week, the tallboy on its head by the window, and the dressing-table on its back by the fire, and the nightstool on its side by the bed, and the washhand-stand on its feet by the door; and, on the Friday week, the tallboy on its face by the fire, and the dressing-table on its back by the bed, and the nightstool on its side by the door, and the washhand-stand on its feet by the window; and, on the Saturday week, the tallboy on its back by the bed, and the dressing-table on its side by the door, and the nightstool on its feet by the window, and the washhand-stand on its face by the fire; and, on the Sunday fortnight, the tallboy on its side by the door, and the dressing-table on its feet by the window, and the nightstool on its face by the fire, and the washhand-stand on its back by the bed; and, on the Monday fortnight, the tallboy on its feet by the window, and the dressing-table on its face by the fire, and the nightstool on its back by the bed, and the washhand-stand on its side by the door; and, on the Tuesday fortnight, the tallboy on its head by the fire, and the dressing-table on its face by the bed, and the nightstool on its back by the door, and the washhand-stand on its side by the window; and, on the Wednesday fortnight, the tallboy on its face by the bed, and the dressing-table on its back by the door, and the nightstool on its side by the window, and the washhand-stand on its head by the fire; and, on the Thursday fortnight, the tallboy on its back by the door, and the dressing-table on its side by the window, and the nightstool on its head by the fire, and the washhand-stand on its face by the bed; and, on the Friday fortnight, the tallboy on its side by the window, and the dressing-table on its head by the fire, and the nightstool on its face by the bed, and the washhand-stand on its back by the door, for example, not at all rare, to consider only, over a period of twenty days only, the tallboy, the dressing-table, the nightstool and the washhand-stand, and their feet, and heads, and faces, and backs and unspecified sides, and the fire, and the bed, and the door, and the window, not at all rare."
– from Watt by Samuel Beckett, first published in 1953
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| Pieter van der Borcht after Hans Vredeman de Vries Three tables ca. 1583 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter van der Borcht after Hans Vredeman de Vries Four long tables ca. 1583 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter van der Borcht after Hans Vredeman de Vries Eight long tables ca. 1583 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter van der Borcht after Hans Vredeman de Vries Two Beds ca. 1583 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter van der Borcht after Hans Vredeman de Vries Two Sideboards ca. 1583 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter van der Borcht after Hans Vredeman de Vries Four Half- Sideboards ca. 1583 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter van der Borcht after Hans Vredeman de Vries Portal with one door ca. 1583 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter van der Borcht after Hans Vredeman de Vries Portal with two doors ca. 1583 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter van der Borcht after Hans Vredeman de Vries Four Half-Portals ca. 1583 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter van der Borcht after Hans Vredeman de Vries Eight cornices ca. 1583 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter van der Borcht for the Plantin Press, Antwerp Gallery with statues of twelve Emperors in niches ca. 1594-95 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Lucas van Doetechum after Hans Vredeman de Vries Open Gallery in the Corinthian Order ca. 1601 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Lucas van Doetechum after Hans Vredeman de Vries Trapezoidal panel of ornamental grotesques 1580s etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
"For the chairs also, to mention only the chairs also, were never still."
"For the corners also, to mention only the corners also, were seldom vacant."
– from Watt by Samuel Beckett, first published in 1953