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  2. Domestic furnishing in early modern Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Scottish carved bed post at Crathes Castle Furniture and furnishings in early modern and late medieval Scotland were made locally or imported, mostly from Flanders and France. Although few pieces of furniture survive from the early part of the period, a rich vocabulary and typology is preserved in inventories and wills.

  3. Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture - Wikipedia

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    One Elizabethan mirror is some three and a half by four and a half feet in size — five feet was the largest made till the latter part of the eighteenth century — the frame is carved in oak and partially gilt, and the glass is set flatly.

  4. Robert Thompson (designer) - Wikipedia

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    Robert "Mouseman" Thompson (7 May 1876 – 8 December 1955), also known as ' Mousey ' Thompson, [1] was a British furniture maker. He was born and lived in Kilburn, Yorkshire, England, where he set up a business manufacturing oak furniture, which featured a carved mouse on almost every piece.

  5. History of wood carving - Wikipedia

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    The dining-hall tables often had six legs of great substance, which were turned somewhat after the shape of a covered cup, and were carved with foliage bearing a distant resemblance to the acanthus. Rooms were generally panelled with oak, sometimes divided at intervals by flat pilasters and the upper frieze carved with scroll work or dolphins.

  6. Ancient furniture - Wikipedia

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    Tables were rare in ancient Egypt. The earliest Egyptian tables were carved from stone and made with very low projections to keep the table surface off the ground. Later, in the Old Kingdom, tables would develop longer legs and be braced with a stretcher between them. The most common tables were either round, square, or oblong.

  7. List of tabletop role-playing games - Wikipedia

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    Son of Oak Game Studio, Modiphius Entertainment: Powered by the Apocalypse: 2017 Urban fantasy, neo-noir: A noir (detective) RPG set in a modern-day city where once-ordinary people hold the power of ancient myths and legends Commando: Simulations Publications, Inc. 1979 Companions' Tale: 2019 Conan Role-Playing Game: TSR

  8. Resolute desk - Wikipedia

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    The desk is decorated with carved moldings and carved floral swag designs. [3] [4] There are sets of drawers behind the cabinet doors on each side of the desk pedestals, [5] [6] and the desktop is covered with red leather. [7] Built at the same time as the Grinnell desk, the two desks together cost 380 pounds (equivalent to £47,780 in 2023). [8]

  9. Linenfold - Wikipedia

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    An English oak chest with complex linenfold panels. Linenfold (or linen fold ) is a simple style of relief carving used to decorate wood panelling with a design "imitating window tracery", [ 1 ] "imitating folded linen" [ 2 ] or "stiffly imitating folded material". [ 3 ]