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2. China cabinet - Wikipedia

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   China cabinets are typically placed against a wall, opposite the door or windows. They are often set in a conspicuous place where china, silverware, and glassware can easily be seen by guests and accessed by the host. [1] Chamberlain's factory, Worcester, c. 1805. Two-handled cabinet cup with cover, so a caudle cup type, painted with a pastoral ...

3. Chinese furniture - Wikipedia

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   The legs and stretchers are commonly round rather than square or curvilinear. The simplest pieces are simply four splayed legs attached to a solid top, but more complicated pieces contain decorative brackets, drawers and metal latches. Cabinets in this style typically have an overhanging top, similar to Western-style cabinetry.

4. Spirit screen - Wikipedia

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   A simple spirit screen in Tian Hou Gong (temple of Mazu) in Quanzhou. A spirit screen, also called a spirit wall, screen wall, yingbi, or zhaobi, is used to shield an entrance gate in traditional Chinese architecture. Spirit screens can be positioned either on the outside or the inside of the gate they are protecting.

5. Folding screen - Wikipedia

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   Screens may be used as a false wall near the entrance from one room to another to create a desirable atmosphere by hiding certain features like doors to a kitchen. [ 9 ] [ 22 ] As many folding screens have fine artistic designs and art on them, they can fit well as decorative items in the interior design of a home.

6. Coromandel lacquer - Wikipedia

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   Coromandel lacquer, probably originally from a screen, worked up into a cabinet for medals in France in the 1720s. Coromandel lacquer is a type of Chinese lacquerware, latterly mainly made for export, so called only in the West because it was shipped to European markets via the Coromandel coast of south-east India, where the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) and its rivals from a number of ...

7. Inside the Presidents' China Cabinet - AOL

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   Inside the Presidents' China Cabinet Although White. While there are quite a number of perks that come with being the president of the United States, you might not consider a seriously stunning ...