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bun feet (furniture feet, <feet and foot components for furniture>, ... Components (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Flattened ball feet, used on furniture from the mid-17th century. |
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bun feet (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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bun foot (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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bulbous feet (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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feet, bulbous (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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feet, bun (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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feet, onion (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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onion feet (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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pieds d'oignon (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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髻形腳座 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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jì xíng jiǎo zuò (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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ji xing jiao zuo (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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chi hsing chiao tso (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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halve bolvoeten (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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halve bolvoet (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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pies de cebolla (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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pie de cebolla (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.PJ |
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........ components (objects parts) (G) |
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........................ <feet and foot components for furniture> (G) |
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................................ bun feet (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 扁平的圓球腳座,常見於西元十七世紀中葉的家具上。 |
Dutch ..... Afgevlakte balvoeten, gebruikt op meubels uit de 17e eeuw. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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bun feet............ |
[VP Preferred] |
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Beard and Goodison, English Furniture (1987) GLOS, Flattened ball feet, used on furn. from the mid-17th century. |
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Edwards and Macquoid, Dictionary of English Furniture, 2d ed. (1983) 123 |
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Fairbanks and Bates, American Furniture (1981) 528 |
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Fleming and Honour, Dictionary of the Decorative Arts (1977) 130 |
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Hayward, World Furniture (1965) |
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Ketchum, Furniture Two (1981) 123 |
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Oxford English Dictionary (1989) under "bun" entry |
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Pain, Heritage of Country Furniture (1978) GLOS |
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Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993) |
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Schwartz, Chairs, Tables, Sofas, Beds (1982) illustration, 441 |
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Tomlin, English Furniture (1972) |
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Ware and Stafford, Illustrated Dictionary of Ornament (1974) |
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) |
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