#i have digitsed a lot of etuis and objects in etuis etc
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I thought etui was a Swedish word! :O :O
Etui (a small decorative case that holds things like needles, scissors, or thimbles)
1760s-1790s
France
MFA Boston
#context: i work in a museum which has a catalog that is mostly in swedish#i have digitsed a lot of etuis and objects in etuis etc#i mean its not the first time Swedish just straightup takes a word from french#fåtölj (fauteuil or something? a kind of a chair) and konkarong (concarongue?) come to mind#theres also bergere but i dont know if thats properly Swedish or just like using the French to be fancy
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