Encoignure is a type of furniture located in a corner of a room. In French, it literally means the angle, or return, formed by the junction of two walls...
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Jean Henri Riesener (section Encoignure)
House, UK Paire de encoignure, delivered to Louis XVI's "Chambre du Roi" at Versailles, c. 1774, Royal Collection, UK Encoignure, delivered to Marie-Antoinette's...
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piece of drawing room furniture, and was rarely valued for its aesthetic. Encoignure Chisholm 1911. Attribution: This article incorporates text from a publication...
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early 19th century, Brooklyn Museum (New York City) Cabinetry Closet Encoignure Hoosier cabinet Shoe rack Tansu (Japanese) Harper, Douglas. "wardrobe"...
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main section, in which case such a piece was a commode à encoignures; pairs of encoignures or corner-cabinets might also be designed to complement a...
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incunabulum cuneus cune- wedge coign/coigne, coin, cuneate, cuneiform, cuneus, encoignure, obcuneate, precuneus, quoin, sconcheon/scuncheon cūpa cūp- tub, goblet...
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porcelain bowl and two fish mounted in gilded bronze, France (1745 – 1749) An encoignure by royal cabinetmaker Jean-Pierre Latz (c. 1750) Lacquered Commode in...
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An encoignure by royal cabinetmaker Jean-Pierre Latz circa 1750 is richly ornamented with marquetry and ormolu....
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cune- wedge Latin cuneus coign, coigne, coin, cuneate, cuneiform, cuneus, encoignure, obcuneate, precuneus, quoin, sconcheon, scuncheon cur- care for Latin...
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commode is stamped by Latz, mentions among other Latz pieces the "superbes encoignures de Madame Burat— dignes de la perfection à laquelle Oeben a porté les...
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