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Scope note
Case furniture of the 18th century, often in the "Chinese style," which incorporate bookshelves behind glassed-in or trelliswork doors over chests of drawers.The design is epitomized in plate XXI of Ince and Mayhew's "Universal System of Household Furniture" (1762).
gentlemen's repositories
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024