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Drawing of a brick wall with iron gates, from a 1790 catalog. Trade catalogs, originating in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries primarily in Europe, are print catalogs which advertise products and ideas in words, illustrations, or both. [1] They included decor, ironwork, [2] furniture, and kitchenware. [3]
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The term chiffonier, also chiffonnier, may refer to one of at least two types of furniture.Its name comes directly from a French piece of furniture, the chiffonier. [1] The French name, which comes from the French for a rag-picker, suggests that it was originally intended as a receptacle for odds and ends which had no place elsewhere.
Catalog or catalogue may refer to: Cataloging. in science and technology Library catalog, a catalog of books and other media Union catalog, a combined library catalog describing the collections of a number of libraries; Calendar (archives) and Finding aid, catalogs of an archive; Astronomical catalog, a catalog of astronomical objects
A commode is any of many pieces of furniture. The Oxford English Dictionary has multiple meanings of "commode". The first relevant definition reads: "A piece of furniture with drawers and shelves; in the bedroom, a sort of elaborate chest of drawers (so in French); in the drawing room, a large (and generally old-fashioned) kind of chiffonier."
An online dictionary is a dictionary that is accessible via the Internet through a web browser.They can be made available in a number of ways: free, free with a paid subscription for extended or more professional content, or a paid-only service.
This is a comparison of English dictionaries, which are dictionaries about the language of English.The dictionaries listed here are categorized into "full-size" dictionaries (which extensively cover the language, and are targeted to native speakers), "collegiate" (which are smaller, and often contain other biographical or geographical information useful to college students), and "learner's ...
Utility Furniture - The 1943 Utility Furniture Catalogue with an explanation of Britain's Second World War Utility Furniture Scheme. ISBN 978-0-9552723-2-5. Reimer, Suzanne; Pinch, Philip (January 2013). "Geographies of the British government's wartime Utility furniture scheme, 1940–1945". Journal of Historical Geography (39): 99– 112.