PANTECHNICON  , an invented word, from Gr.

crag, all, and TE(vLKOS, of or belonging to the arts (TEXvat), originally used as the name of a bazaar in which all kinds of artistic work was sold; it was established in Motcomb Street, Belgrave Square, London, early in the loth century, but failed and was turned into a furniture depository, in which sense the word has now passed into general usage . The large vans used for removing furniture are hence known as pantechnicon vans or pantechnicons simply .