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Record 1 2002-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Furniture (Various)
  • Various Decorative Arts
  • Interior Decorations
CONT

Fiddleback chairs.

OBS

fiddle back: Chair with violin-shaped splat back.

OBS

fiddleback: A backsplat in the shape of a violin or fiddle seen on Queen Anne chairs.

OBS

backsplat: A slat of wood in the middle of a chair back.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilier divers
  • Arts décoratifs divers
  • Décoration intérieure
DEF

Se dit de l'arabesque d'un dossier de fauteuil, rappelant la forme contournée d'un violon.

CONT

Le cabriolet est le siège Louis XV par excellence. [...] Les chaises [sont] en hêtre, noyer, en bois peint de couleur claire, ou doré; le siège est en forme de trapèze, le dossier est violoné et chantourné en haut et en bas; [...] le fauteuil cabriolet, fauteuil léger à dossier concave et violoné, c'est-à-dire étranglé en son milieu; [...]

OBS

Ce chantournement est caractéristique du rococo Louis XV.

Spanish

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