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2. Tansu - Wikipedia

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   Ryobiraki tansu being carried by hired porters. Woodblock print, Utagawa Toyokuni, 1807. Tansu were rarely used as stationary furniture. Consistent with traditional Japanese interior design, which featured a number of movable partitions, allowing for the creation of larger and smaller rooms within the home, tansu would need to be easily portable, and were not visible in the home except at ...

3. Settle (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Settles are commonly movable, but occasionally fixed. The settle shares with the chest and the chair the distinction of great antiquity. Its high back was a protection from the draughts of medieval buildings, protection which was sometimes increased by the addition of winged ends or a wooden canopy.

4. Chest (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A chest (also called a coffer or kist) is a type of furniture typically having a rectangular structure with four walls and a removable or hinged lid, primarily used for storage, usually of personal items. The interior space may be subdivided into compartments or sections to organize its contents more effectively.

5. Monks bench - Wikipedia

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   A monks bench or hutch table is a piece of furniture where a tabletop is set onto a chest in such a way that when the table was not in use, the top pivots to a vertical position and becomes the back of a Settle, and this configuration allows easy access to the chest lid which forms the seat of the piece. [1] [2] [3]

6. Bench (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A storage bench is a combination of sitting space and a storage box, often used for keeping gardening supplies or grill equipment. A form is a backless bench that was used for seating in dining rooms, school rooms and law courts — can be leather or upholstered fabric with or without a back rest. Wooden benches in early railway passenger cars

7. Workbench (woodworking) - Wikipedia

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   A form of bench dog, a traditional holdfast has either a curved or flat top. Its shank is slid loosely into a “dog” hole in the bench until the tip of its hook touches the work. It is set by hitting its top with a mallet or hammer, which causes the shaft to wedge tightly against the sides of the hole. A tap of its back side near the top ...