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sabre legs (<legs by form>, legs (furniture components), ... Components (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Furniture legs, curved like a cavalry sabre, square or round in section and tapering gently toward the base. Derived from the Greek klismos and much used on late 18th-century and early 19th-century chairs and sofas. |
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sabre legs (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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sabre leg (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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legs, sabre (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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legs, scimitar (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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legs, Waterloo (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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sabre-legs (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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scimitar legs (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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Waterloo legs (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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sabelpoten (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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sabelpoot (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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Säbelbeine (Möbelkomponenten) (C,U,German,D,PN)
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Säbelbein (Möbelkomponente) (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
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patas de sable (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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pata de sable (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.PJ |
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Dutch ..... Poten van meubels, die gebogen zijn als een cavaleriesabel, vierkant of rond in doorsnede zijn en geleidelijk taps toelopen naar het grondvlak. Afgeleid van de Griekse klismos en veel gebruikt aan laat 18e eeuwse en vroeg 19e eeuwse stoelen en sofa's. |
German ..... Möbelbein, geformt wie ein Kavalleriesäbel, von quadratisch oder rundem Querschnitt, verjüngt und sanft zum Boden gebogen. Aus dem griechischen Klismos abgeleitet und oft im späten 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhundert bei Stühlen und Sofas verwendet. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[VP Preferred] |
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Fairbanks and Bates, American Furniture (1981) 535 |
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Fleming and Honour, Dictionary of the Decorative Arts (1977) 692 |
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Hayward, World Furniture (1965) 311 |
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Montgomery, American furniture: Federal Period (1966) 101 |
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Oxford English Dictionary (1989) |
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Pain, Heritage of Country Furniture (1978) GLOS |
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Schwartz, Chairs, Tables, Sofas, Beds (1982) illustration, 447 |
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Tomlin, English Furniture (1972) |
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Watson, History of Furniture (1976) illustration, GLOS, Curved form used in classical furn. & widely revived in c1800, esp. in chair design. |
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