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John Evelyn's cabinet is a kabinettschrank [] (a highly decorated storage box) in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The cabinet was probably made in Florence for the diarist John Evelyn (1620–1706), [1] and is an early example of a piece of furniture commissioned by a British visitor making the 'Grand Tour' of Europe.
A cabinet is a case or cupboard with shelves or drawers for storing or displaying items. Some cabinets are stand alone while others are built in to a wall or are attached to it like a medicine cabinet. Cabinets are typically made of wood (solid or with veneers or artificial surfaces), coated steel (common for medicine cabinets), or synthetic ...
Antique furniture may support the human body (such as seating or beds), provide storage, or hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground. Storage furniture (which often makes use of doors, drawers, and shelves) is used to hold or contain smaller objects such as clothes, tools, books, and household goods. [3]
Ryobiraki tansu being carried by hired porters. Woodblock print, Utagawa Toyokuni, 1807. Tansu were rarely used as stationary furniture. Consistent with traditional Japanese interior design, which featured a number of movable partitions, allowing for the creation of larger and smaller rooms within the home, tansu would need to be easily portable, and were not visible in the home except at ...
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A curio cabinet with vases. Curio cabinets of Catharina, wife of Douwe Sirtema van Grovestins. A curio cabinet is a specialised type of display case, made predominantly of glass with a metal or wood framework, for presenting collections [1] of curios, like figurines or other interesting objects that invoke curiosity, and perhaps share a common theme.