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2. Cabinet of curiosities - Wikipedia

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   The earliest pictorial record of a natural history cabinet is the engraving in Ferrante Imperato's Dell'Historia Naturale (Naples 1599) (illustration).It serves to authenticate its author's credibility as a source of natural history information, by showing his open bookcases (at the right), in which many volumes are stored lying down and stacked, in the medieval fashion, or with their spines ...

3. Hutch (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A modern hutch usually comprises a set of shelves or cabinets placed on top of a lower unit with a counter and either drawers or cabinets. Hutches are often seen in the form of desks, dining room, or kitchen furniture. It is frequently referred to by furniture aficionados as a hutch dresser. In the 18th and early 19th century, however, the term ...

4. Wardrobe - Wikipedia

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   A wardrobe, also called armoire or almirah, is a standing closet used for storing clothes. The earliest wardrobe was a chest, and it was not until some degree of luxury was attained in regal palaces and the castles of powerful nobles that separate accommodation was provided for the apparel of the great. The name of wardrobe was then given to a ...

5. Louis XVI furniture - Wikipedia

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   The Secretaire an armoire was a vertical piece of furniture which resembled an armoire. The writing surface was pulled down, and the shelves and drawers inside were reveaed. The Secretaire en cabinet also had a writing surface that pulled down, with shelves on either side and drawers beneath. Clocks and other decorative objects could be placed ...

6. List of furniture types - Wikipedia

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   Aquarium furniture. Bar furniture. Children's furniture. Door furniture. Hutch. Park furniture (such as benches and picnic tables) Stadium seating. Street furniture. Sword furniture – on Japanese swords (katana, wakizashi, tantō) all parts save the blade are referred to as "furniture".

7. A Scandalous Tale of a “Womanizing Surrealist” Revealed the ...

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   After a 30-year search, Gissler found the perfect place in 2014: an 1840 Greek Revival farmhouse in Roxbury, Connecticut, set over eight acres of idyllic countryside. As the years went by, he ...