Furniture pieces of artists' torsos (6,2,7)

I believe the answer is:

chests of drawers

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'furniture' is the definition.

'pieces of artists' torsos' is the wordplay.
'pieces' becomes 'chests' (chest is a kind of piece).
'artists' torsos' becomes 'drawers' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'chests'+'of'+'drawers'='CHESTS OF DRAWERS'

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