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Teapoy
Type of table
Type of table
A teapoy is an item of furniture. The word is of Indian origin, and was originally used to describe a three-legged table, literally meaning "three feet" in Hindi.
By erroneous association with the word "tea"
Teapoys were small three-legged tables with a tabletop turning into a shallow box by 1820s that turned into a tea chest by the middle of the 19th century, at the same time woods (rosewood, mahogany, walnut) were supplemented by the papier-mâché, resulting in highly decorative designs with inlays of ivory and mother-of-pearl.
References
Sources
References
- [[OED]], ''teapoy'', etymology: from Hindi ''tīn'' three + Persian. ''pāï'' foot.
- in the middle of the 19th century,{{sfn. Gloag. Edwards. 1991
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