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2. Chinese furniture - Wikipedia

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   Until about the 10th century CE, the Chinese sat on mats or low platforms using low tables, but then gradually moved to using high tables with chairs. [ 2 ] Chinese furniture is mostly in plain, polished wood, but from at least the Song dynasty , the most luxurious pieces often used lacquer to cover the whole or parts of the visible areas.

3. Taiwanese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   Table of Lengths Unit Taiwanese feet Metric US & Imperial Notes Taiwanese Hokkien Hakka Mandarin Character Exact Approx. Exact Approx. Hun: Fûn: Fēn: 分: 1 ⁄ 100 ⁠ 1 / 330 ⁠ m: 3.030 mm ⁠ 125 / 37,719 ⁠ yd: 0.1193 in Same as Japanese Bu: Chhùn: Chhun: Cùn: 寸: 1 ⁄ 10 ⁠ 1 / 33 ⁠ m: 3.030 cm ⁠ 1250 / 37,719 ⁠ yd: 1.193 ...

4. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Loo tables were very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries as candlestands, tea tables, or small dining tables, although they were originally made for the popular card game loo or lanterloo. Their typically round or oval tops have a tilting mechanism , which enables them to be stored out of the way (e.g. in room corners) when not in use.

5. The Hall China Company - Wikipedia

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   The Hall China Company was an American ceramics manufacturer located in East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. At the time of its closure, Hall China was one of two potteries under the HLC Inc. brand, the other being Homer Laughlin China .

6. Plate (dishware) - Wikipedia

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   Tea saucer is a small plate with an indentation for a cup and a diameter of 6 inches (15 cm). A demi-tasse saucer, or coffee saucer is 4.5 inches (11 cm) in diameter. Soup plate has a diameter of 9 inches (23 cm), [7] a much deeper well and wide rim ("lip"). If the lip is lacking, as often seen in contemporary tableware, it is a "soup bowl".

7. Restaurant ware - Wikipedia

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   Buffalo Pottery plate made for Chesapeake & Ohio Railway c.1932 Buffalo Pottery was founded in Buffalo, New York in 1901. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] For most of the 20th century, Buffalo Pottery manufactured custom institutional, restaurant, railroad, steamship, and hotel ware.

8. China's 7-foot-3 teen basketball star towers over her ... - AOL

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   Zhang, whose parents both played professional basketball in China, was 5 feet 2 inches tall in the first grade, according to Chinese state media. By sixth grade, she had reached 6 foot 9.

9. Ancient furniture - Wikipedia

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   The chairs would have been 90 cm high, the seat and the back support would have been 45 cm (18 inches) high. The diameter of the back is 8 cm or 3 inches. The width of the seat is 70 cm (27 in), the depth of the seat is 50 cm (20 in). The legs were 5 cm by 5 cm (2 in by 2 in) or 10 cm by 5 cm (4 in by 2 in).