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  2. Coromandel lacquer - Wikipedia

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    Coromandel lacquer, probably originally from a screen, worked up into a cabinet for medals in France in the 1720s. Coromandel lacquer is a type of Chinese lacquerware, latterly mainly made for export, so called only in the West because it was shipped to European markets via the Coromandel coast of south-east India, where the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) and its rivals from a number of ...

  3. Bombay furniture - Wikipedia

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    Bombay furniture has influences from England, France, and Holland. In 1850 there were six main furniture shops in Bombay, with five to ten workmen in each shop. [2] The wood used is Shisham or blackwood , a hard-grained dark-colored timber which with proper treatment assumes a beautiful natural polish. The blackwood was often brought from ...

  4. Hope chest - Wikipedia

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    The term "hope chest" or "cedar chest" is used in the United States; in the United Kingdom, the term is "bottom drawer"; while both terms, and "glory box" are used by women in Australia. [1] [2] Today, some furniture makers refer to chests made to hold family heirlooms or general storage items as hope chests.

  5. Lacquerware - Wikipedia

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    In the Tang dynasty (618–907), Chinese lacquerware saw a new style marked by the use of sheets of gold or silver made in various shapes, such as birds, animals, and flowers. [13] The cut-outs were affixed onto the surface of the lacquerware, after which new layers of lacquer were applied, dried, and then ground away, so the surface could be ...

  6. Johannes Spitler - Wikipedia

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    A blanket chest made between 1800-1805 and painted by Johannes Spitler, on display in the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia. Little is recorded about Spitler's life, but he is known to have been born in the community of Massanutten, Virginia, [1] in a portion of Shenandoah County which later became part of Page County. [2]

  7. Chest (furniture) - Wikipedia

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    Mexican chest from the viceregal era, at the Franz Mayer Museum. 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.

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