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The Cabinet Dictionary

Thomas Sheraton

book · 1803

Thomas Sheraton, The Cabinet Dictionary (1803).

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Windsor chair is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Cabinet Dictionary seats the Windsor chair among stick-spindle country and workshop seats whose English cabinet speech centers oak (with ash and elm neighbors) rather than as a stuffed wing chair or French bergère. A named Windsor in that cabinet trade, not a wing easy-chair and not a bergère frame.
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Wing chair is historically related to Wool.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the wing chair among high-backed easy chairs with side wings, upholstered in wool and stuff goods of the cabinet and upholstery trade. A named wing chair in that speech, not a Windsor spindle seat and not an open-armed fauteuil.
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Bergère is historically related to Silk.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the bergère among closed-arm upholstered easy chairs of French and English cabinet speech, often finished in silk or similar dress goods. A named bergère in that trade, not a Windsor, not a wing chair, and not an open-armed fauteuil alone.
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Fauteuil is historically related to Silk.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the fauteuil among open-armed upholstered chairs of French cabinet speech, dressed in silk and related covering goods. A named fauteuil in that trade, not a closed bergère and not an English wing easy-chair.
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Chaise longue is historically related to Silk.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the chaise longue among elongated upholstered resting chairs of cabinet and upholstery speech, finished in silk and stuff. A named chaise longue in that trade, not a daybed as the loftier couch cousin and not a short settee alone.
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Rocking chair is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the rocking chair among chairs on curved rockers of English and American workshop wood speech, commonly oak and kindred hardwoods. A named rocking chair in that cabinet trade, not a Windsor spindle seat alone and not a stuffed wing chair.
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Camp stool is historically related to Linen.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the camp stool among folding campaign seats whose seat is linen or canvas cloth on a light frame, not a stuffed fauteuil and not a carved curule show seat. A named camp stool in that cabinet and campaign-furniture speech.
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Curule chair is historically related to Ivory.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the curule chair among antique X-framed show seats that cabinet speech recalls with ivory and precious materials of classical furniture, not a linen camp stool and not a stuffed wing chair. A named curule in that antiquarian cabinet reference.
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Chaire is historically related to Throne.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the chaire among ceremonial and high-backed French seat forms that cabinet speech keeps in the throne and seat-of-honour neighborhood, not a curule antique X-frame and not a stuffed bergère. A named chaire in that cabinet reference.
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Ladder-back chair is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the ladder-back chair among horizontal-slat country chairs of oak and hardwood workshop speech. A named ladder-back in that cabinet trade, not a Windsor spindle back and not a wing easy-chair.
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Settee is historically related to Wool.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the settee among long upholstered multiple seats of cabinet and upholstery speech, covered in wool and stuff goods. A named settee in that trade, not a chaise longue as the elongated single rest and not an ottoman as the armless stool cousin.
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Ottoman is historically related to Wool.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the ottoman among low stuffed seats and foot-rests of upholstery speech, covered in wool and similar goods. A named ottoman in that cabinet trade, not a settee with back and arms and not a chaise longue.
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Daybed is historically related to Linen.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the daybed among long couch-beds dressed with linen and bedding goods of cabinet and chamber speech. A named daybed in that trade, not a chaise longue as the upholstered day rest alone and not a four-poster night bed.
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Gateleg table is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the gateleg table among flap tables whose hinged gate legs are oak workshop speech of English cabinet-making. A named gateleg in that trade, not a refectory long board, not a trestle pair, and not a wall console.
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Refectory table is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the refectory table among long dining boards of oak hall and monastery speech in cabinet trade. A named refectory table in that trade, not a gateleg flap table, not a trestle temporary board, and not a console against the wall.
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Trestle table is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the trestle table among boards on separable trestle supports of oak workshop and hall speech. A named trestle table in that trade, not a gateleg, not a fixed refectory frame, and not a console.
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Console table is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the console table among wall tables and pier tables of oak and hardwood cabinet speech, often with ornamental fronts. A named console in that trade, not a gateleg flap, not a refectory board, and not a trestle.
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Chest of drawers is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the chest of drawers among case pieces with stacked drawers of oak and hardwood cabinet speech. A named chest of drawers in that trade, not a highboy as the tall upper-on-base form and not a lowboy as the short dressing case.
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Highboy is historically related to Walnut.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the highboy among tall chests on stands of English and American walnut cabinet speech. A named highboy in that trade, not a lowboy as the short companion and not a plain chest of drawers without the tall stand composition.
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Lowboy is historically related to Walnut.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the lowboy among short dressing chests and stands of walnut cabinet speech, companion to the tall highboy. A named lowboy in that trade, not a highboy and not a full chest of drawers alone.
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Armoire is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the armoire among tall cupboard case pieces of oak and hardwood cabinet speech for hanging and storage. A named armoire in that trade, not a chest of drawers as the drawer stack and not a hope chest as the dowry box.
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Hope chest is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the hope chest among dowry and linen chests of oak case speech in domestic cabinet trade. A named hope chest in that trade, not an armoire cupboard and not a mule chest as the drawer-under-lid hybrid alone.
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Mule chest is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the mule chest among hybrid chests with drawers under a lift lid of oak case speech. A named mule chest in that trade, not a plain hope chest and not a full chest of drawers.
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Escritoire is historically related to Walnut.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the escritoire among fall-front writing cabinets of walnut and hardwood cabinet speech. A named escritoire in that trade, not a davenport as the small sloping desk, not a bureau plat as the flat writing table, and not a secretary desk as the bookcase-topped form alone.
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Davenport desk is historically related to Walnut.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats small sloping writing desks of the early nineteenth-century cabinet trade in the walnut neighborhood later named davenport. A named davenport desk in that writing-furniture speech, not an escritoire fall-front cabinet, not a bureau plat, and not a secretary bookcase desk.
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Bureau plat is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the bureau plat among flat writing tables of French cabinet speech in oak and hardwood. A named bureau plat in that trade, not an escritoire fall-front, not a davenport slope, and not a secretary with upper bookcase.
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Secretary desk is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the secretary desk among writing desks with upper bookcase or pigeonhole cases of oak cabinet speech. A named secretary in that trade, not a plain escritoire alone, not a davenport, and not a bureau plat flat table.
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Lap desk is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the lap desk among portable writing boxes of oak and hardwood cabinet speech for travel and chamber use. A named lap desk in that trade, not a full escritoire cabinet and not a bureau plat.
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Four-poster bed is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the four-poster bed among bedsteads with four posts of oak chamber cabinet speech. A named four-poster in that trade, not a canopy-bed as textile emphasis alone, not a box-bed enclosure, and not a trundle under-bed.
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Canopy bed is historically related to Silk.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the canopy bed among bedsteads whose overhead canopy and hangings are silk and textile chamber speech. A named canopy bed in that trade, not a bare four-poster frame alone, not a box-bed, and not a trundle.
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Box bed is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the box bed among enclosed cupboard bedsteads of oak vernacular and cabinet speech. A named box bed in that trade, not a four-poster, not a canopy show bed, and not a trundle.
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Trundle bed is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the trundle bed among low roll-out bedsteads of oak chamber speech stored under a larger bed. A named trundle in that trade, not a four-poster, not a canopy, and not a box enclosure.
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Tester bed is historically related to Linen.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the tester bed among bedsteads with a flat tester canopy dressed in linen and hanging goods of chamber cabinet speech. A named tester bed in that trade, not a four-poster frame alone and not a box-bed enclosure.
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Cradle is historically related to Oak.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the cradle among rocking infant bedsteads of oak cabinet and domestic speech. A named cradle in that trade, not a bassinet as the lighter basket bed and not a grain-cradle farm tool or cradle-song false friend.
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Bassinet is historically related to Linen.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the bassinet among light infant baskets and stands dressed with linen of nursery cabinet speech. A named bassinet in that trade, not a heavy oak rocking cradle and not a modern changing-table.
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Pew appears in Temple.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the pew among fixed church seating of English joinery and cabinet speech attested inside temple and church places. A named pew in that trade, not a faldstool as the movable ecclesiastical stool and not a domestic settee.
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Faldstool is historically related to Altar.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the faldstool among folding ecclesiastical stools of church furniture speech kept near the altar in liturgical cabinet reference. A named faldstool in that trade, not a fixed pew and not a domestic camp stool alone.
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Ormolu is historically related to Gold.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats ormolu among gilt brass mounts and ground-gold finishes of cabinet ornament speech. A named ormolu in that trade, not gilt-bronze as the cast bronze cousin alone, not japanning as the lacquer finish, and not shellac polish.
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Gilt Bronze is historically related to Bronze.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats gilt bronze among gilded bronze mounts and furniture ornaments of cabinet metal speech. A named gilt-bronze in that trade, not ormolu as the ground-gold brass finish alone and not japanning.
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Japanning is used in Workshop.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats japanning among European lacquer-imitation finishes worked in the cabinet workshop on wood and metal furniture. A named japanning craft in that trade, not Asian lacquer as the imported finish alone, not ormolu mounts, and not shellac French polish alone.
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Lacquer is used in Workshop.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats lacquer among hard resin finishes of cabinet workshop speech, including imported and imitated lacquered furniture work. A named lacquer in that trade, not japanning as the European imitation process alone and not ormolu metal mounts.
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Shellac is used in Workshop.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats shellac among spirit-varnish and polish resins of the cabinet workshop, distinct from japanning grounds and from ormolu mounts. A named shellac in that trade, not lacquer as the hard Asian/European lacquer cousin alone and not beeswax polish alone.
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Parcel Gilt is historically related to Gold.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats parcel-gilt among partly gilded furniture and frame finishes of cabinet ornament speech in the gold neighborhood. A named parcel-gilt in that trade, not full ormolu mounts alone and not japanning.
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Beeswax polish is historically related to Wax.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats beeswax polish among wax finishes for cabinet wood of workshop speech. A named beeswax polish in that trade, not shellac spirit varnish alone and not paste-wax as the compounded cousin only.
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Paste wax is historically related to Wax.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats paste wax among compounded wax polishes of cabinet finishing speech. A named paste wax in that trade, not beeswax polish as the simpler wax alone and not shellac.
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Bone glue is historically related to Glue.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats bone glue among animal glues of cabinet joinery speech for veneering and assembly. A named bone glue in that trade, not a finish varnish and not a locksmith cement.
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Looking-glass is historically related to Mirror.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the looking-glass among framed mirror furniture of cabinet and pier-glass speech. A named looking-glass in that trade, not a bare mirror pane without the cabinet frame job and not a girandole light fixture alone.
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Candlestick is historically related to Candle.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the candlestick among portable candle holders of cabinet and brass furniture speech. A named candlestick in that trade, not a wall sconce and not a hanging chandelier.
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Sconce is historically related to Candle.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the sconce among wall candle brackets of cabinet and lighting furniture speech. A named sconce in that trade, not a portable candlestick and not a hanging chandelier.
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Fire screen is historically related to Hearth.
Sheraton’s Dictionary seats the fire screen among pole and cheval screens of cabinet furniture speech placed before the hearth. A named fire screen in that trade, not a hand-screen as the small personal fan alone and not a looking-glass.
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