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A quick Google image search shows examples e.g.: [1] -- PBS ( talk) 23:29, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
A further look throws up this one which says it says is "Welsh dresser, 1830s house, National History Museum of Wales, St Fagan’s" -- PBS ( talk) 23:44, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
I put back the drawing because some Welsh dressers have longer legs for example see this image and this one -- PBS ( talk) 21:52, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
@ PBS - why is the sketch labelled as "plain"? It's considerably more ornate than the larger example in the photo. Maybe "small" would be a better descriptor, or something referencing it's unusually long legs? Mazz0 ( talk) 15:24, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
What's the difference between a Welsh dresser and a Cornish dresser?
On Google Cornish dresser gets about 66,500 results and Welsh dresser gets about 79,700 results. 81.158.79.45 ( talk) 17:19, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
Good question I had never heard of the term before. This unreliable article says "Cornish because it has drawers underneath the glazed half instead of an opening cupboard." But that would have to be verified. It may be that in some of the sources it describes the physical location of where the thing was made... . But a real problem with a simple search on Cornish dresser it that it gets mixed up with an archaic process in tin mining also called ore dressing, and it describes both the practice and the job description of the person doing the work. A Google Book search of "Cornish-dresser" only returns about dozen books and all the ones with open text are about the mining. A Google book search on "Welsh-dresser" returns over 3,000 hits and all of them on the first page are for the furniture.-- PBS ( talk) 05:00, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
-- Johnsoniensis ( talk) 17:33, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
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A quick Google image search shows examples e.g.: [1] -- PBS ( talk) 23:29, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
A further look throws up this one which says it says is "Welsh dresser, 1830s house, National History Museum of Wales, St Fagan’s" -- PBS ( talk) 23:44, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
I put back the drawing because some Welsh dressers have longer legs for example see this image and this one -- PBS ( talk) 21:52, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
@ PBS - why is the sketch labelled as "plain"? It's considerably more ornate than the larger example in the photo. Maybe "small" would be a better descriptor, or something referencing it's unusually long legs? Mazz0 ( talk) 15:24, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
What's the difference between a Welsh dresser and a Cornish dresser?
On Google Cornish dresser gets about 66,500 results and Welsh dresser gets about 79,700 results. 81.158.79.45 ( talk) 17:19, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
Good question I had never heard of the term before. This unreliable article says "Cornish because it has drawers underneath the glazed half instead of an opening cupboard." But that would have to be verified. It may be that in some of the sources it describes the physical location of where the thing was made... . But a real problem with a simple search on Cornish dresser it that it gets mixed up with an archaic process in tin mining also called ore dressing, and it describes both the practice and the job description of the person doing the work. A Google Book search of "Cornish-dresser" only returns about dozen books and all the ones with open text are about the mining. A Google book search on "Welsh-dresser" returns over 3,000 hits and all of them on the first page are for the furniture.-- PBS ( talk) 05:00, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
-- Johnsoniensis ( talk) 17:33, 12 January 2021 (UTC)