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LEG MUTTON [3 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Women's Clothing
  • Period Costumes (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

A leg-of-mutton sleeve.

DEF

Leg-of-mutton : having a full upper arm and a fitted lower arm and wrist--used of the sleeve of a woman's garment.

OBS

Popular in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, and still used somewhat at present, this sleeve is full at the shoulder, gradually decreases in size to the elbow, and is tight at the wristline. Lining, a pad, or a whalebone support kept the upper sleeve at a distended size.

OBS

"Tapered sleeve", found on a poorly documented record, is not shown as a synonym because it could not be confirmed in a reliable source.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements pour dames
  • Costumes anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Manche de corsage, très ample et gonflée, dans la partie supérieure, par des plis ou des fronces.

OBS

Des manches à gigots.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

The back half of a side of beef, veal, mutton or lamb including a leg and usually one or more ribs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
CONT

Les types laitiers perdent proportionnellement moins de musculature à l'avant-main qu'à l'arrière-main [...].

OBS

Comprend la croupe et un des membres postérieurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria cárnica, de fiambres y embutidos
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Record 3 2001-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Furniture Manufacture
  • Antique Furniture (Museums and Heritage)
CONT

French for "mutton bone". A carved motif which was popular in the period of Louis XII in France. The "mutton bone" was used for the legs and arms of chairs and sofas. The line is similar to that of a cabriole leg, but it is much heavier and stumpier in appearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication des meubles en bois
  • Meubles anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

[...] Motif en forme de vague ou d'arbalète, à l'allure osseuse, qu'on obtient en arrondissant et en polissant complètement la pièce. C'est surtout dans le piétement qu'on remarque un tel travail.

CONT

La chaise os de mouton est très rare. Elle est ainsi nommé parce que la courbe des traverses du piétement rappelle les courbes des --.

Spanish

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