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CROSS-BOW COMMODE [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
CONT

Next to appear were commodes with rounded corners, serpentine-fronted(...) A few took on sinuous lines, with a dip in the curve of the façade : the so-called "arbalète-fronted" or cross-bow commode.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
CONT

La commode canadienne dont le modèle fut très populaire à la fin du XVIIIe siècle et au début du XIXe siècle, plus particulièrement dans la région de Montréal, est la commode galbée dite arbalète.

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