Cabinet

The term "housing" is now usually means a medium to large furniture dedicated to storage, which is accessed by doors, and can consist of many small drawers and open shelves.

The earliest cabinets were specially designed for storing documents and other valuables. They were also used as places to write, leading to a particular type is characterized by secretaries and bureau. Freezers are believed to have been a result of the recognition that when the coffins were recovered as sites providing access via the front rather than the top was more convenient, and then raise your chest higher frontal made access easier than having to bend me down. Why was the cabinet as a sort of front-opening chest placed on top of another chest or on a table, and ultimately on its own legs, was born.

While early cabinets are always mounted on a tripod, recent examples (still missing legs or feet) tend to include a small storage space, while access from the front can use the drawers and doors, and sometimes hidden drawers behind doors.

Always an important piece of furniture because of the preciousness of its contents, and thus an article that the best craft were often wasted in the form of precious woods, inlay, marquetry, veneering and carving, cabinet eventually grew in size, often the most dominant piece of furniture in a room. As a result of its author - cabinetmaker - was the most renowned woodworker, especially in distinction to the carpenter, which employed more straightforward solid wood construction of frame and panels.

It is somewhat ironic that the word 'carpenter' is now generally refers to a manufacturer of relatively short duration built kitchen cabinets. The only point of similarity is that the basic design is based on a common technology, namely the use of contrasting 'layers' or veneers to produce a large continuous surface rather than the old method, framework and panels.

Almost everything can be stored in a cupboard, and then define it as a specific variety, some of the more common is a China cabinet (usually with glass doors), a display cabinet, a curio cabinet, tool cabinet, jewelry, and housing.

Other varieties refer to the self-explanatory design characteristics, such as a wall cabinet, a hanging closet or a corner cupboard. The term "break-front" implies a cabinet (or other furniture such as bookshelves), whose front is made in two planes, typically so that the middle part is made proud of the adjacent end sections.