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2. Coffee table - Wikipedia

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   Later coffee tables were designed as low tables, and this idea may have come from the Ottoman Empire, based on the tables in use in tea gardens. As the Anglo-Japanese style was popular in Britain throughout the 1870s and 1880s, [ 5 ] and low tables were common in Japan , this seems to be an equally likely source for the concept of a long low table.

3. Workbench (woodworking) - Wikipedia

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   The practical drawbacks of a plywood or composite bench top are that they don't hold their corners and edges well, and they can't be resurfaced with a plane—something that is needed from time to time. Maple is the traditional wood. Others used include beech and oak. A potential source for bench top material is old bowling alley lanes. These ...

4. 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 ...

5. Drawer - Wikipedia

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   A white wooden drawer Filing card drawer. A drawer (/ d r ɔːr / ⓘ DROR) is a box-shaped container inside a piece of furniture that can be pulled out horizontally to access its contents. Drawers are built into numerous types of furniture, including cabinets, chests of drawers (bureaus), desks, and the like.

6. Bench table - Wikipedia

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   Therefore, bench tables that are located in public spaces often have a purpose of resting and having a picnic. Bench tables that are located in public places are mostly installed on the floor. However, bench tables are located in indoor locations. Typically, churches usually have a unique design of bench table which is called “Pew”. Pew is ...

7. American Foursquare - Wikipedia

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   The American Foursquare or "Prairie Box" was a post-Victorian style, which shared many features with the Prairie architecture pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright.. During the early 1900s and 1910s, Wright even designed his own variations on the Foursquare, including the Robert M. Lamp House, "A Fireproof House for $5000", and several two-story models for American System-Built Homes.

8. John Wood, the Elder - Wikipedia

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   John Wood, the Elder (1704 – 23 May 1754) was an English architect, working mainly in Bath.. In 1740 he surveyed Stonehenge and the Stanton Drew stone circles.He later wrote extensively about Bladud and Neo-Druidism.