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Vide-poches

Scope note

Small bedroom tables, often of trestle form, with deeply rimmed tops and sometimes one or more shelves designed to hold the contents of a man's pockets when he undresses. First made in France in the 1720s and popular there and in England in the late 18th century.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300039897

Broader Terms used

<tables by function>

Equivalent Terms used

vide-poche

Created

13yrs ago

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