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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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piece of
drawing room furniture, and was
rarely valued for its aesthetic.
Encoignure Chisholm 1911. Attribution: This article incorporates text from a publication...
- 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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early 19th century,
Brooklyn Museum (New York City)
Cabinetry Closet Encoignure Hoosier cabinet Shoe rack
Tansu (****anese) Harper, Douglas. "wardrobe"...
- 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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wedge Latin cuneus coign, coigne, coin, cuneate, cuneiform, cuneus,
encoignure, obcuneate, precuneus, quoin, sconcheon,
scuncheon cur- care for Latin...
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encoignure by
royal cabinetmaker Jean-Pierre Latz
circa 1750 is
richly ornamented with
marquetry and ormolu....
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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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incunabulum cuneus cune-
wedge coign/coigne, coin, cuneate, cuneiform, cuneus,
encoignure, obcuneate, precuneus, quoin, sconcheon/scuncheon cūpa cūp- tub, goblet...
- used for /ɲ/ in a few
French words such as
oignon /ɔɲɔ̃/ "onion" and
encoignure "corner". It was
eliminated in the
French spelling reform of 1990, but...
