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ID: 300257272 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300257272			Record Type: concept

trifid (motifs, design elements (attributes), Design Elements (hierarchy name))

Note: Decorative motif consisting of tripartite, splayed lobes created by notches at the end of the flattened handles of spoons and forks; found especially on flatware of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Terms:

trifid (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)

pied-de-biche (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

split-end (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

treffid (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

trefid (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

trefoil (trifid) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

pied de biche (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

tréfido (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

tréfida (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code: D.DG

Hierarchical Position:

Physical Attributes Facet

.... Design Elements (hierarchy name) (G)

........ design elements (attributes) (G)

............ motifs (G)

................ trifid (G)

Additional Notes:

Dutch ..... Decoratieve motieven die bestaan uit driedelige, gespleten lobben gevormd door inkepingen aan het einde van de afgeplatte steel van lepels en vorken; vooral gebruikt op bestek uit de 17e en 18e eeuw.

Spanish ..... Motivo decorativo consistente en lóbulos tripartitos extendidos creados por medio de incisiones en los extremos aplanados de los mangos de cucharas y tenedores; encontrado especialmente en cubiertos de los siglos XVII y XVII.

Sources and Contributors:

pied-de-biche............	[VP]
..........................	Lewis and Darley, Dictionary of Ornament (1986)
..........................	Lucie-Smith, Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (1986) 146
..........................	Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993)

pied de biche............	[RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
..........................	AAT-Ned (1994-)

split-end............	[VP]
....................	Lewis and Darley, Dictionary of Ornament (1986)

treffid............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary (1989)

trefid............	[VP]
.................	Lewis and Darley, Dictionary of Ornament (1986)
.................	Oxford English Dictionary (1989)

tréfida............	[CDBP-SNPC]
.................	Miller, Enciclopedia de Antigüedades (1999)

tréfido............	[CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.................	Miller, Enciclopedia de Antigüedades (1999)

trefoil (trifid)............	[VP]
.............................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
.............................	Lewis and Darley, Dictionary of Ornament (1986) trefoil
.............................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) trefoil

trifid............	[VP Preferred]
.................	Contributed as a candidate term BHA - 6/93
.................	Fleming and Honour, Penguin Dictionary of the Decorative Arts (1989) 832
.................	Lewis and Darley, Dictionary of Ornament (1986)
.................	Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
.................	Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993)
.................	Ware and Stafford, Illustrated Dictionary of Ornament (1974) illustration, 207
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)


Subject: .....	[CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............	AAT-Ned (1994-)
............	Fennimore, Silver and Pewter (1984) illustration, #264; trifid-handle spoon
............	Fleming and Honour, Penguin Dictionary of the Decorative Arts (1989) trifid spoon
............	Newman, Illustrated Dictionary of Silverware (1987) illustration, 334; trifid spoon
............	Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993) illustration; trifid foot; drake foot; pied-de-biche spoon


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Legacy AAT data
Dutch	..........	[RKD, AAT-Ned]
	..........	AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish	..........	[CDBP-SNPC]
	..........	TAA database (2000-)

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