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Description. A cupboard is a piece of furniture for enclosing dishware or grocery items that are stored in a home. The term gradually evolved from its original meaning: an open-shelved side table for displaying dishware, more specifically plates, cups and saucers. These open cupboards typically had between one and three display tiers, and at ...
Cabinets of Curiosities. Museum in Waco, Texas, with a Cabinets of Curiosities Room named for John K. Strecker, who was curator for 30 years, the museum was established in 1893 and was the oldest museum in Texas when it closed in 2003 to be incorporated into the Mayborn Museum Complex. A Small Wunderkammer.
A china cabinet is a piece of furniture, usually with glass fronts and sides, used to hold and display porcelain ("china") or other ceramics. Typical china held in such cabinets often includes cups, plates, bowls, and glasses. Along with a table, chairs, and a sideboard, the china cabinet is one of the most typical elements of a traditional ...
A cabinet painting (or "cabinet picture") is a small painting, typically no larger than two feet (0.6 meters) in either dimension, but often much smaller. [5] The term is especially used for paintings that show full-length figures or landscapes at a small scale, rather than a head or other object painted nearly life-size.
Cabinet card. The cabinet card was a style of photograph that was widely used for photographic portraiture after 1870. It consisted of a thin photograph mounted on a card typically measuring 108 by 165 mm ( by inches).
A cabinet with a face frame. The fundamental focus of the cabinet maker is the production of cabinetry. Although the cabinet maker may also be required to produce items that would not be recognized as cabinets, the same skills and techniques apply. A cabinet may be built-in or free-standing.
Types classified by materials. Wooden furniture. Bamboo furniture. Wicker or rattan furniture. Metal furniture. Plastic furniture, also known as acrylic furniture. Glass furniture. Concrete furniture. Bombay furniture, also known as blackwood furniture.
A credenza is a dining room sideboard or display cabinet, [1][2] usually made of burnished and polished wood and decorated with marquetry. The top would often be made of marble, or another decorative liquid- and heat-resistant stone. The credenza started as a rough table with a cloth draped over it. In early 14th-century Italy, it took on an ...