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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...

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...

piece of drawing room furniture, and was rarely valued for its aesthetic. Encoignure Chisholm 1911. Attribution:  This article incorporates text from a publication...

early 19th century, Brooklyn Museum (New York City) Cabinetry Closet Encoignure Hoosier cabinet Shoe rack Tansu (Japanese) 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...

An 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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à mettre dans un trumeau, c. 1705; Martin Carlin – 4 items: Paire de Encoignures, c. 1772; Secrétaire à abattant, c. 1775; Table en secrétaire, c. 1783;...

delivered to Louis XVI's "Chambre du Roi" at Versailles, c. 1774; Paire de encoignure, delivered to Louis XVI's "Chambre du Roi" at Versailles, c. 1774; Jewel-cabinet...

and on display in the Green Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace. Pair of Encoignures, 1772, Wallace Collection, UK Music-stand and writing table, c. 1775...

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...

early triumph for them both in 1743, with a commode and corner cabinets (encoignures) en suite, that were delivered on 20 January by Hébert for the use of...

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...

cune- wedge Latin cuneus coign, coigne, coin, cuneate, cuneiform, cuneus, encoignure, obcuneate, precuneus, quoin, sconcheon, scuncheon cur- care for Latin...

valuable items of furniture, such as a commode by Boulle, and a pair of encoignures, the State Dressing Room, the American Room, which is decorated with...

silver, and had a few intricate details, such as cartouches. The French encoignure cabinets also proved highly popular in Italian furniture. French style...

Boston Museum of Fine Arts. On several commodes and corner cabinets (encoignures) dating from the 1760s he employed varnished sheet metal panels imitating...

Encyclopedia of Decorative Art, s,v. "Boulle" See sale catalogue, Christie's New York, 2 November 2000, lot 231, a pair of lacquer encoignures v t e...