Cedar Bedside Cabinet with Three Drawers and Turned Pillasters
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- Bun Feet - Similar to ball feet, though somewhat compressed or flattened in appearance. Introduced during the late 17th century, but they have been used on furniture up to the present day.
- Turning - Any part of a piece of furniture that has been turned and shaped with chisels on a lathe. Turned sections include legs, columns, feet, finials, pedestals, stretchers, spindles etc. There have been many varieties and fashions over the centuries: baluster, melon, barley-sugar, bobbin, cotton-reel, rope-twist, and so on. Split turning implies a turned section that has been cut in half lengthwise and applied to a cabinet front as a false decorative support.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- bedside cabinets and tables, period or style - cupboard / cabinet style 282
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bedside cabinets and tables, timber
- cedar 12
- chest style 175
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