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ID: 300135332
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300135332

 

Record Type: concept
torchères (stands) (<stands by function>, stands (support objects), ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Refers to very tall stands, generally carved and gilt, intended to hold candelabras.
 
Terms:
torchères (stands) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
torchères (soportes) (Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
torchères (standaarden) (Dutch-P,D,L,U)
torchère (stand) (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
torchère (soporte) (Spanish,AD,U,SN)
torchère (standaard) (Dutch,AD,L,U)
guéridons porte-luminaire (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
guéridons-torchère (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
torchieres (C,U,English,UF,U,N)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.TC

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Furnishings (hierarchy name)
........ Furnishings (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of furnishings (works)
............ furnishings (works) (G)
Hierarchy of <furnishings by form or function>
................ <furnishings by form or function> (G)
Hierarchy of furniture
.................... furniture (G)
Hierarchy of <furniture by form or function>
........................ <furniture by form or function> (G)
Hierarchy of support furniture
............................ support furniture (G)
Hierarchy of stands (support objects)
................................ stands (support objects) (G)
Hierarchy of <stands by function>
.................................... <stands by function> (G)
Hierarchy of torchères (stands)
........................................ torchères (stands) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Wordt gebruikt voor zeer hoge standaarden waarop kandelabers staan. Ze zijn meestal met snijwerk versierd en verguld. 
Spanish ..... Úsese para bases muy altas, generalmente talladas y doradas; destinados a sostener candelabros. 

Related concepts:
conjuncted with ....  candelabras (candleholders)
............................  (candleholders, <candles and candleholders>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300037584]

Sources and Contributors:
guéridons porte-luminaire............  [VP]
............................................  Réynies, Mobilier Domestique (1987-1990) illustration, 716
guéridons-torchère............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
torchère (stand)............  [CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.............................  Chenhall, Revised Nomenclature (1988) torchère
.............................  Fleming y Honour, Diccionario de Artes Decorativas (1987) 833
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
.............................  Miller, Enciclopedia de Antigüedades (1999) 66
torchères (stands)............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  Avery Index (1963-) torchères
...................................  Fleming and Honour, Dictionary of the Decorative Arts (1977) illustration, 797; torchères
...................................  Harrap's New College French and English Dictionary (1982) torchères
...................................  Hayward, World Furniture (1965) 311; torchères
...................................  Oxford Companion to the Decorative Arts (1975) 354; torchères
...................................  Personal Communication Ted Dell, New York, 10/89.; torchères
...................................  Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987) torchères
...................................  Réynies, Mobilier Domestique (1987-1990) illustration, 716; torchères
...................................  RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) torchères
...................................  Watson, History of Furniture (1976) GLOS, General term for candelabras, often made in pairs or sets of 4. Applied to the tall turned stands.; torchères
...................................  Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) torchères
...................................  Winterthur Museum, Object name list, unpub. (1987) torchères
torchieres............  [VP]
.......................  Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987)
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............  Chenhall, Revised Nomenclature (1988) Candlestand
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Legacy AAT data
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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