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Buffet
This is a term loosely applied to any furniture composed of more than one tier, whether or not the resultant sections are enclosed. Some such furniture has specific and correct names. See Court cupboard ,Press (cupboard) and Livery cupboard , for example. As with all these very early pieces, the terms are rather loose, and often the descriptions found in early inventories etc. are rather vague.

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