armoire
- Domaine
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- mobiliermobilier ancien
Définition :
Meuble haut, à tablettes, fermé par des battants, servant à ranger le linge, les vêtements, les provisions, divers objets.
Note :
((L'armoire)) existe déjà au Moyen Âge mais elle reste rare et forme parfois un meuble combiné avec le banc. À la Renaissance, c'est un meuble à deux corps, plutôt d'apparat, et qu'on ne trouve que dans les palais des seigneurs. Il faut attendre le XVIIe siècle pour la voir se démocratiser et devenir le meuble familial par excellence, remplaçant ainsi le coffre. Sa forme devient aussi plus variée : à deux corps superposés, à un corps et deux vantaux, avec tiroirs au sommet, ou entre les deux corps. De plus, la distinction entre armoire et buffet perd de sa netteté : on appelle armoire tout meuble développé en hauteur et servant au rangement.
Terme :
- armoire n. f.
Traductions
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anglais
Auteur : Fandrich-Zwyssig, Marie-Thérèse,Notes :
Cupboards, presses and wardrobes are receptacles enclosed by doors, and those with a cupboard above and drawers in the lower portion. Though the modern term cupboard has gradually acquired a comprehensive significance, the respective evolution of the principal varieties of cupboard remains. Receptacles enclosed with doors were generally known as ambries in the Middle Ages, the cupboard being an open structure of shelves or bordes on which to set cups. In 16th-century literature, presses are generally mentioned in connection with the owner's wardrobe. On the continent, hanging cupboards or armoires are found.
The characteristic of the cupboard was a series of open shelves for the reception of drinking vessels and table requisites.Terme :
- cupboard
Termes associés :
- hanging cupboard
- press cupboard
- court cupboard
- alcove cupboard
- clothes-press
- commode clothes-press
- wardrobe
- hanging wardrobe
- gentleman's wardrobe
- tallboy
- armoire
The term court cupboard employed to describe an open structure of shelves for the display of plate was introduced toward the end of the 16th century. At the beginning of the 18th century is was largely supplanted in the wealthy homes by the alcove cupboard or the buffet. The term buffet was used to describe an alcove in a panelled room fitted with shelves for the display of porcelain.
The cupboard with shelves was called commode clothes-press in the 18th century.
Until late in the 18 th century, a double chest of drawers, called tallboy, was originally intended for the bedroom and used as hanging cupboard for coats and dresses.