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dressing glasses (<mirrors by location or context>, mirrors, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Small freestanding mirrors, usually supported on a standing frame within which the glass can be adjusted, designed to be used on a dressing table. Dressing glasses are sometimes made with a boxlike base fitted with small drawers. |
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dressing glasses (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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dressing glass (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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dressing-glasses (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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dressing looking glasses (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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dressing mirrors (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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dressing table mirrors (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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dressing-table mirrors (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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glasses, dressing (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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standing mirrors (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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swingers (looking glasses) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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toilet glasses (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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toilet-glasses (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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toilet mirrors (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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梳妝鏡 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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shū zhuāng jìng (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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shu zhuang jing (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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shu chuang ching (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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toiletspiegels (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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toiletspiegel (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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psychés (dressing glasses) (C,U,French-P,D,U,PN)
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miroir pour commode (C,U,French,AD,U,MSN)
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psyché (dressing glass) (C,U,French,AD,U,SN)
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specchi da toelette (C,U,Italian,D,U,MPN)
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specchio da toelette (C,U,Italian-P,AD,U,MSN)
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espejos de tocador (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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espejo de tocador (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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espejo de toilette (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TC |
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................ <furnishings by form or function> (G) |
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.................... mirrors (G) |
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........................ <mirrors by location or context> (G) |
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............................ dressing glasses (G) |
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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................ <furnishings by form or function> (G) |
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........................................ dressing glasses (G) |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 專為梳妝台設計的獨立式小鏡子,一般以站立式框架為支撐,框架内的鏡子可自由調整,此外也有以方形底架搭配小抽屜組成的梳妝鏡。 |
Dutch ..... Kleine, vrijstaande spiegels, meestal in een rechtopstaande omlijsting waarbinnen de spiegel kan worden versteld. Ze zijn bedoeld voor gebruik op de toilettafel en hebben soms een doosachtig onderstuk met kleine laatjes. |
Italian ..... Specchi indipendenti di piccole dimensioni, generalmente supportati su un telaio eretto, progettati per essere utilizzati su una toletta. Gli specchi da toletta a volte sono realizzati con una base a forma di scatola dotata di piccoli cassetti. |
Spanish ..... Espejos pequeños autosustentables, normalmente apoyados sobre un marco fijo dentro del cual el espejo puede ajustarse, diseñados para ser usados sobre tocadores; algunas veces fabricados con una base parecida a una caja acondicionada con cajones pequeños. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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dressing glasses............ |
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Beard and Goodison, English Furniture (1987) GLOS, Toilet mirrors which stood on dressing tables. |
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Comstock, Looking Glass in America (1968) illustration, 24 |
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Gloag, Short Dictionary of Furniture (1965) 236 |
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Hepplewhite, Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1969) illustration, 70 |
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Ketchum, Chests, Cupboards, Desks (1982) 196 |
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Montgomery, American furniture: Federal Period (1966) 257 |
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Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987) |
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Winterthur Museum, Object name list, unpub. (1987) |
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