English train

English train at a desk (early 20th century)

The English train is a drawer , which is about two-thirds open at the front and only has a lower front part. The side parts of the drawers are either curved down to the width of the front part in the front area or, in the somewhat simpler variant, beveled accordingly. They leave the content visible, but do not protect against dust. English trains were mostly installed in old desks , behind doors or shutters . They are also used in shop furniture or linen cupboards, among other things.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Nutsch: Handbook of Construction: Furniture and Built-In Cupboards (3rd edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart Munich 2003, pages 340–343, ISBN 3-421-03187-8