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Chippendale Bedside Stand 
George III Cabinet On Stand |
Case furniture includes chests of drawers, desks, sideboards, highboys, and free-standing cabinets. All of this furniture is, at its most basic level, a wooden box or chest with various embellishments and legs or feet added. Forms, construction, materials and decoration changed dramatically over the centuries, but all this furniture can be traced back to the early chest in which a family kept all its valuables. The quality and decoration of these chests came to indicate the status of the family. |
Chippendale Scroll-Pedimented Chest-on-Chest |