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What is the difference between a vault and a safe?
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Both vaults and safes are essentially used to store items of value. A vault is most commonly built into the construction of a building, whereas safes can be completely freestanding and moveable. On 1stDibs find a variety of vaults and safes.
1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021
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16th C set of Four Evangelist Vault Keys
Located in MADRID, ES
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Antique 16th Century Spanish Gothic Architectural Elements
Materials
Stone
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Duke of Beaufort's Vaulter hunting hound print by Cuthbert Bradley
Located in London, GB
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Cuthbert Bradley (1861 - 1943)
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Early 20th Century Animal Prints
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"Inspection Tour in the Wine Vaults", 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition
Located in Alamo, CA
Inspection Tour in the Wine Vaults of Agricultural Hall", published in New York in Frank Leslie's Illustrated
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Interior Prints
Materials
Engraving
1930's French Impressionist Arched Cloister with Gothic Vaults and Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Arched Cloister with Gothic Vaults and Garden
Simone Forge, 1930's French Impressionist
oil on
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Early 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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Oil
Scene from Cloister Vaults in the Raphael Loggias, Vatican, No. I
Located in Kastrup, DK
Giovanni Ottaviani (Italy, 1735-1808)
Title: Scene from Cloister Vaults in the Raphael Loggias
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Other Prints
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Bronze vault door and a pair of matching panels C 1910.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements
Materials
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