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Record 1 1993-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique Furniture (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

Case piece with glass doors, intended to display small objects on the shelves and designed to fit in a corner. (Dictionary of Furniture, 1985).

CONT

In a small room, the corner cabinet was used to contain porcelain, and in a clothes closet, flasks and other toilet necessaries. (The History of Furniture, 1976, p. 23).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Meubles anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Vaisselier fait de manière à être placé dans un angle d'appartement.

Spanish

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