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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. Display case - Wikipedia

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   A display case (also called a showcase, display cabinet, shadow box, or vitrine) is a cabinet with one or often more transparent tempered glass (or plastic, normally acrylic for strength) surfaces, used to display objects for viewing. A display case may appear in an exhibition, museum, retail store, restaurant, or house. Often, labels are ...

4. Great Bookcase - Wikipedia

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   A cabinet designed by Burges and painted by Poynter was also displayed at the exhibition. [4] The Great Bookcase was poorly received by the Building News and Architectural Review at the exhibition. [5] The bookcase was designed by Burges to hold his collection of art books, and was originally displayed at his rooms in Buckingham Street in London.

5. Cabinet (room) - Wikipedia

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   The meaning of "cabinet" began to be extended to the contents of the cabinet; [9] thus we see the 16th-century cabinet of curiosities, often combined with a library. The sense of cabinet as a piece of furniture is actually older in English than the meaning as a room, but originally meant more a strong-box or jewel-chest than a display-case. [10]

6. Art swap brings new Turner paintings to Scotland - AOL

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   Ms Topsfield said: "The cabinet is a beautiful piece of furniture, with an easel and storage frames which slide in and out and it really gives a sense of how a Victorian collector, particularly ...

7. Cabinetry - Wikipedia

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   A cabinet is a case or cupboard with shelves or drawers for storing or displaying items. Some cabinets are stand alone while others are built in to a wall or are attached to it like a medicine cabinet. Cabinets are typically made of wood (solid or with veneers or artificial surfaces), coated steel (common for medicine cabinets), or synthetic ...