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2. Tantalus (cabinet) - Wikipedia

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   A Tantalus is a small wooden cabinet containing two or three decanters. Its defining feature is that it has a lock and key. Its defining feature is that it has a lock and key. The aim of that is to stop unauthorised people from drinking the contents (in particular, "servants and younger sons getting at the whisky"), [ 1 ] while still allowing ...

3. Chest (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Some chests are equipped with locking mechanisms or a metal band that a lock can be secured on. [ citation needed ] According to Webster's Dictionary (1988), a chest is "a box with a lid and often, a lock, for storing or shipping things" or as "a cabinet as for holding medical supplies, toiletries, etc.".

4. Tansu - Wikipedia

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   Apothecary chests with many small drawers to contain medicinal herbs. Because the chests/boxes often needed to be carried by itinerant salesmen, they were often constructed with light-weight kiri (paulownia), [3] or sugi (cedar) wood, and utilized iron hardware only sparingly. [8] Nagamochi kuruma-dansu

5. Eagle Lock Company - Wikipedia

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   The most notable began in 1832, when an English immigrant and locksmith opened a small lock manufacturer in Watertown, Connecticut. This was one of the first American lock works. After two years, his small shop and skills were acquired by the Terryville, Connecticut firm of Lewis, McKee and Company, which was run by Eli Terry, son of the clock ...

6. Seaman's chest - Wikipedia

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   Seaman's chests are always equipped with a lock as well as handles on either side, known as beckets. These handles were made of cordage and were often woven into decorative patterns by sailors. Almost all chests contained at least one small compartment attached to the right-hand side, though some had compartments extending across the entire ...

7. Chest of drawers - Wikipedia

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   The chest drawers were and are called by many names: LAMSAS database contains 37 answers to the request to name a chest of drawers, with "bureau" and "dresser" most popular at 52.5% and 17.5% respectively. [5] Chippendale called them "commode tables" or "commode bureau tables", Hepplewhite used the terms "commodes", "chests of drawers". At the ...