Historical reported dream · English · original published report
The red lacquer cabinet exists only in a catalogue
Anonymous historical dreamer
Dream Psychology (1917) · Printed p. 157
Dreamer identified by the source: Anonymous historical male patient; same case as the bullring and French-essay dreams, not selected here
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I was in charge of a store, it seemed, and was wearing pyjamas. I wondered if it was odd being in pyjamas. A woman, whom I do not know, entered and asked for a piece of red-wood furniture — a cabinet, I think. I thought I had one, but failed to find it. I searched in a catalogue for it, seeming to have no stock actually in hand, and feeling rather embarrassed. I found it described in the catalogue, something very exquisite and rare, in antique red lacquer, but she seemed annoyed and left the place.
Source & context
A historical published reported dream quoted in Nicoll’s original1917 clinical/interpretive work. The compiler’s interpretations are personal historical views, not current diagnoses, evidence of treatment efficacy, or scientific/Matrix-Net findings. A complete printed quotation is not independent authentication of the original memory or an untouched manuscript. No modern community submission or distinct-person count is asserted. The source identifies the same patient as the unselected bullring and French-essay reports; these are not new contributor identities.
Anonymous historical reported dream, in Maurice Nicoll (compiler/physician), Dream Psychology (London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1917), Printed p. 157. Original English published quotation via Cornell University Library/Internet Archive. Editorial title, descriptive summary and navigation metadata added by Synastry; source wording and ending retained after scan-confirmed OCR repair.
1917 is the original English publication year, not an inferred dream date. No precise date, present-day identity or real dreamer location is inferred.
Public domain in the United States (original 1917 English edition) ↗
Original English historical reported dream printed in Dream Psychology (London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1917). Original publication term expired in the United States. Nicoll is the compiler/physician, not asserted to be the anonymous quoted dreamer. Public archive access is not a new licence; no blanket worldwide rights warranty, modern translation rights or modern scan-asset licence is asserted.
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Printed p. 157
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Notes from the historical editor
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Short descriptive English reading (editorial): In pyjamas and in charge of a store, the dreamer finds an exquisite red cabinet only in a catalogue and loses the customer.
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