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ID: 300136954
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300136954

 

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

 

Note: Shape having a flattened curve between convex sections of similar flattened curves, particularly in reference to furniture pieces.
 
Terms:
blockfront (shape) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
blockfront (shape) (Dutch-P,D,NT,N)
block front (shape) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
block-front (shape) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
swell'd front (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
frente de bloque (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 blockfront (shape)
........................ blockfront (shape) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Te gebruiken om te verwijzen naar meubelstukken met een voorkant waarvan het midden terugwijkt in een afgeplatte ronding tussen convexe delen van soortgelijke afgeplatte rondingen. 
Spanish ..... Úsese con referencia a piezas de mobiliario que tienen un frente central que descienden en una curva llana entre secciones convexas de curvas llanas similares. 

Sources and Contributors:
blockfront (shape)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  Comstock, American Furniture (1962)
...................................  Fleming and Honour, Dictionary of the Decorative Arts (1977)
...................................  Lucie-Smith, Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (1986)
block front (shape)............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
block-front (shape)............  [VP]
...................................  Downs and Du Pont, American furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale (1952) 225
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1973) GLOS
...................................  Fairbanks and Bates, American Furniture (1981) GLOS
...................................  Oxford Companion to the Decorative Arts (1975) 373
...................................  Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
...................................  Sack, Fine Points of Furniture (1950) 101
frente de bloque............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.............................  Fleming y Honour, Diccionario de Artes Decorativas (1987) 321
swell'd front............  [VP]
..........................  Fleming and Honour, Dictionary of the Decorative Arts (1977)
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Fleming and Honour, Dictionary of the Decorative Arts (1977)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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