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butterfly tables (dropleaf tables, <tables by form>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Drop leaf tables having a pear-shaped surface, that when the leaf is dropped, resemble butterfly wings; named after a table first designed by Finn Juhl in 1949. |
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| butterfly tables (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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| butterfly table (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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| butterfly table (Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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| tables, butterfly (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| hangoortafels (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| hangoortafel (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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| valtafel (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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| valtafels (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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| tavoli a farfalla (C,U,Italian,D,U,MPN)
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| tavolo a farfalla (C,U,Italian-P,AD,U,MSN)
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| mesa mariposa (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TC |
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Furnishings (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ furnishings (works) (G) |
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................ <furnishings by form or function> (G) |
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.................... furniture (G) |
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........................ <furniture by form or function> (G) |
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............................ support furniture (G) |
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................................ tables (support furniture) (G) |
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.................................... <tables by form> (G) |
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........................................ dropleaf tables (G) |
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............................................ butterfly tables (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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| Italian ..... Tavoli a ribalta avendo o una superficie a forma di pera, che quando una foglia cade, la tavola somiglia alle ali di una farfalla. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[VP Preferred] |
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Aronson, Encyclopedia of Furniture (1959) 64 |
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Artcraft for the Home (1928) 4 |
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Comstock, Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques (1958) 117 |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1973) |
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Fairbanks and Bates, American Furniture (1981) 69 |
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Fleming and Honour, Dictionary of the Decorative Arts (1977) 773 |
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Gloag, Short Dictionary of Furniture (1965) 165 |
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Nutting, Great American Idea (1921) |
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Phillips, Collector's Encyclopedia of Antiques (1973) GLOS, Drop-leaf gate-leg tables with top supports resembling butterfly wings. |
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Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987) |
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Schwartz, Chairs, Tables, Sofas, Beds (1982) illustration, 441 |
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) illustration |
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Winthrop Furniture Co. Antique Reproductions (ca1915) 43 |
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