Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinetry, furniture making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.
Wooden house with wooden furniture, spinning wheel, loom and various tools
Artists can use woodworking to create delicate sculptures.
Ancient Egyptian woodworking
Damascene woodworkers turning wood for Mashrabiya and hookahs, 19th century
A cabinet is a case or cupboard with shelves or drawers for storing or displaying items. Some cabinets are stand alone while others are built in to a wall or are attached to it like a medicine cabinet. Cabinets are typically made of wood, coated steel, or synthetic materials. Commercial grade cabinets usually have a melamine-particleboard substrate and are covered in a high-pressure decorative laminate, commonly referred to as Wilsonart or Formica.
Cabinet; by Francesco Del Tuppo; c. 1606–1623; oak and poplar veneered with various exotic hardwoods, with ebony moldings and plaques of marble, and various other materials; 59.1 × 96.8 × 35.9 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
Commode by André-Charles Boulle at Vaux-le-Vicomte
Tortoise-shell cabinet of Polish king John III Sobieski, looted by the Germans from the Wilanów Palace during World War II
Crafted by Hughes Sambin (1570–1600), the double cabinet features the combination of architectural elements and relief carving that is characteristic of French furniture of the period.
