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A spinet desk is an antique desk with an exterior shape similar to a writing table, but slightly higher and is fitted with a single drawer under the whole length of the flat top surface.
In earlier times when English spelling was less standardized, "spinet" was sometimes spelled "spinnet" or "spinnit". "Spinet" is standard today. Spinet derives from the Italian spinetta , which in 17th-century Italian was a word used generally for all quilled instruments, especially what in Elizabethan / Jacobean English were called virginals .
[2] [3] While most spiders have six spinnerets, some have two, four, or eight. [4] They can move both independently and in concert. Most spinnerets are not simple structures with a single orifice producing a single thread, but complex structures of many microscopic spigots, each producing one filament.
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In 1829 he published The Young Builders' General Instructor, followed by Modern Builders' Guide in 1833, The Beauties of Modern Architecture in 1835 and The Architectural Instructor in 1850. His pattern books were influential in spreading his Greek Revival style, which is known as the first major non-British high architectural style in the ...
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The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright is a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of eight buildings across the United States designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These sites demonstrate his philosophy of organic architecture , designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment.
Cawton Aston (active 1693 – 1733) was an English builder of spinets.. He was the seventh and last apprentice of instrument builder John Player (1636 - 1707), and the only one to set up his own business. [1]