breakfront
Projecting china cabinet
A breakfront is a large piece of furniture, typically a bookcase or cabinet, with a center section that projects forward from the flanking sections.
The design creates visual interest and allows the central portion to be more prominent: The antique breakfront dominated the dining room wall.
The term also functions as an adjective: a breakfront bookcase.
Furniture for dishes and linens
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- bookcaseFurniture holding volumes
- hutchCage for small pets
- credenzaStorage cabinet for serving
buffet · console · cupboard · armoire · china cabinet · secretary · highboy · lowboy
Cabinet for displaying items
- glasswareDrinking containers of silica
- chinaFine ceramic tableware
- collectiblesItems people amass
- figurinesSmall ornamental sculptures
porcelain · crystal · curio · illumination · arrangement · shelves · visibility · lighting
Surface film from aging
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- vintageQuality from past eras
- VictorianOf a prim era
- restorationReturning something to condition
mahogany · rococo · provenance · Edwardian · baroque · auction · appraisal · conservation
sideboard
Furniture for dishes and linens
credenza · buffet · console · cupboard · armoire · china cabinet · secretary · highboy · lowboy · chiffonier
showcase
Cabinet for displaying items
- glasswareDrinking containers of silica
- chinaFine ceramic tableware
- collectiblesItems people amass
figurines · porcelain · crystal · curio · illumination · arrangement · shelves · visibility · lighting · presentation
patina
Surface film from aging
restoration · mahogany · rococo · provenance · Edwardian · baroque · auction · appraisal · conservation · Georgian
elegant
Gracefully refined, tasteful
- ornateElaborately decorated
- refinedPurified or cultured
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
carved · paneled · mirrored · pediment · cornice · molding · finial · mullion · glazed · recessed
- cabinetscabinet, china cabinet, curio cabinet, display cabinet, file cabinet
- dining roomdining table, dining chairs, china cabinet, dining bench, buffet
- antique furnitureantique furniture, chairs, tables, highboys, cabinets
- storagedrive, silos, bins, tanks, storehouse
- rustic furniturefarmhouse table, harvest table, trestle table, ladder-back chair, Windsor chair