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What is the difference between a vault and a safe?

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What is the difference between a vault and a safe?
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
Vault keys such as these were used where the vault ribs came together, as a finishing touch. These
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Antique 16th Century Spanish Gothic Architectural Elements

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Stone

Duke of Beaufort's Vaulter hunting hound print by Cuthbert Bradley
Located in London, GB
"See all from this Seller" and then search. Cuthbert Bradley (1861 - 1943) Vaulter Chromolithograph 18
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Early 20th Century Animal Prints

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Lithograph

"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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Glass, Wood, Paper

Bronze vault door and a pair of matching panels C 1910.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bronze vault door and a pair of matching panels C 1910. The set is comprised of a door having 9
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Architectural Elements

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Bronze

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