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CONTEXT DESIGN
Cupboards & Storage

If you search Google in search of the difference between a cupboard and a cabinet you will find the following information:" A cabinet is more like a closet, and might be built into a wall or a separate piece of furniture. Cabinets are typically considered general-purpose storage, while cupboards are more for food and dishes. The two are somewhat interchangeable, and you might say that a cupboard is a type of cabinet." This clarification like so many things I search on the internet of late may help differentiate the terminology between the storage of food from general purpose materials or clothing, yet it does little to convey much about the actual history and nuances between the two, particularly in light of the fact that a closet is something that only came into being within the last 300 years. Before they became the norm, people of substance stored their clothing and posessions in wardrobes, chests, schranks, Linen presses and other functional free standing " case pieces and cabinetry. Today more so then ever people seek places to store and protect their worldly goods, and the opportunities to acquire centuries old bench made furnishings of high quality, good design and integrity has never been more accessible to the masses, and yet so very misunderstood.
Painted Pine Linen Press
Small Rococo Swedish Cupboard
Large Swedish Cupboard
Federal POS Tall Chst
Federal Walnut Inlaid Tall Chest of Drawers, Lancaster County, c. 1800, a flat molded cornice above a veneer bordered with stringing and cross-banding above a case of three thumb-molded short drawers and five long graduated drawers with inlaid stringing and inlaid escutcheons, flanked by stringing and diagonal banding all on a cross-banded base and flaring french feet, old oval brass pulls, warm early refinish with good patination.
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Height: 67 .25 " / 171 CM Depth: 21.5" / 54.5 CM Width: 21.5 " / 104 CM .
French Marriage Armoire
English mahogany Sideboard
Quebec Folky Buffet
New Hamphire Tiger Maple Desk
Hazzard Family Chest on Chest
Trosby Chest
Pennsylvana Cherry Chest
Eastern Ontario Cupboard
Pennsylvania Corner Cupboard

Painted Vermont Chest
French Diamond Point
Mahogany Sideboard with TV
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