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ID: 300136972
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300136972

 

Record Type: concept
breakfront (shape) (<shape for furniture>, shape (form attribute), ... Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Having a central section that projects in front of the side sections, especially used in reference to 18th-century bookcases or cabinets.
 
Terms:
breakfront (shape) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
breakfront (shape) (Dutch-P,D,NT,N)
break-front (shape) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
broken front (shape) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
frente quebrado (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  D.DC

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Physical Attributes Facet
Physical Attributes Facet
Hierarchy of Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name)
.... Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <attributes and properties by specific type>
........ <attributes and properties by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of form attributes
............ form attributes (G)
Hierarchy of shape (form attribute)
................ shape (form attribute) (G)
Hierarchy of <shape for furniture>
.................... <shape for furniture> (G)
Hierarchy of breakfront (shape)
........................ breakfront (shape) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Voorzien van een enigzins vooruitspringend middenstuk; wordt gebruikt met betrekking tot kastmeubilair. 
Spanish ..... Sección central que sobresale ligeramente, usado con relación a mueble de caja. 

Sources and Contributors:
breakfront (shape)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1973) glossary: having a projecting center section usually surmounted by a pediment.
...................................  Fairbanks and Bates, American Furniture (1981) 528
...................................  Grove Art Online (2008-)
...................................  Hayward, World Furniture (1965) 308
break-front (shape)............  [VP]
...................................  Fleming and Honour, Dictionary of the Decorative Arts (1977) 114
...................................  Lucie-Smith, Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (1986)
...................................  Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
broken front (shape)............  [VP]
...................................  Edwards and Ramsey, Connoisseurs' Complete Period Guides (1968) Vol. 1, 121, Having the front surfaces on 2 or more planes, divided by vertical breaks.
...................................  Fleming and Honour, Dictionary of the Decorative Arts (1977)
frente quebrado............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.............................  Fleming y Honour, Diccionario de Artes Decorativas (1987)
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms [online] (2001-2008)
.......... Lucie-Smith, Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (1986)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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