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ETAGERE

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 803 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ETAGERE  , a piece of See also:

light See also:furniture very similar to the See also:English what-not, which was extensively made in See also:France during the latter See also:part of the 18th See also:century . As the name implies, it consists of a See also:series of stages or shelves for the reception of ornaments or other small articles . Like the what-not it was very often corner-See also:wise in shape, and the best See also:Louis XVI. examples in See also:exotic See also:woods are exceedingly graceful and elegant .

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