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FUTON [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

futon frame : an item in the "Furniture" class of the "Furnishings" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

cadre de futon : objet de la classe «Meubles» de la catégorie «Ameublement et accessoires».

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

futon : an item in the "Bedding" class of the "Furnishings" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

futon : objet de la classe «Literie» de la catégorie «Ameublement et accessoires».

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bedding
DEF

A thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, esp. in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day.

DEF

a padded Japanese floor mattress, used as a bed.

CONT

Another advantage of futon is that it can be neatly folded into thirds and put away in a closet, so the room can be used for any purpose during the day, or any room can be turned into a bedroom simply by laying futons over the tatami floor.

Key term(s)
  • Japanese futon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Literie
DEF

Couverture ouatée, courtepointe, literie, un matelas de soie piquée.

CONT

Les futons. Dort-on mieux sur un matelas nippon? [...] Modèle de simplicité, il comporte traditionnellement de 6 à 8 couches d'un dérivé textile du coton semblable au feutre, insérées dans une enveloppe de tissu et réunies par 11 capitons.

OBS

Se prononce «fouton».

OBS

[...] le futon qui est offert sur le marché canadien [...] est plus épais que la version japonaise traditionnelle.

OBS

Une petite entreprise de Charlebourg [...], «Futon au 7e ciel» semble obtenir beaucoup de succès dans ses efforts pour initier les consommateurs de la grande région de Québec à la vague des futons, c'est-à-dire des matelas constitués de plusieurs couches de feutre en coton, déjà populaires en Orient depuis 4,000 ans.

Spanish

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