ball and claw foot

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20:26 Aug 4, 2009
English to Bulgarian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Furniture / Household Appliances
Additional field(s): Architecture, Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
English term or phrase: ball and claw foot
Definition from Traditional Enterprises, LLC:
A carved foot motif that resembling a ball or egg held in an eagle, crane, dragon or lion's claw. Most associated with 18th-century American and English furniture, the ball and claw foot's origins were in China as the dragon claw clutching a pearl, crystal ball or jewel.

Example sentence(s):
  • Ball and claw feet are the most familiar kind of traditional style bath foot. The foot consists of a claw or talon in relief grasping a ball which rests on the floor. Ball and claw feet vary greatly in the amount of detail and may be more or less ornate. buzzle.com
  • This is a very rare small foot stool. It is 10 1/2 in diameter and 5 tall. This is the way I purchased it, but I am sure at one time it probably had a rounded dome top cushion. The excellent cast ball and claw feet are in great condition. Scripps Networks, Inc.
  • Alastair A. Stair takes you on a journey across cultures in this history of the ball-and-claw foot and its regional variations, in terms of how the muscles are carved, how the claw is angled or curved, and the overall tension shown in the piece. The Tauton Press
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5 +1крак (на мебел/маса) с вид на лапа с нокти, държаща топка
Andrei Vrabtchev
5 +1крак "нокти и сфера"
Kalinka Hristova
4"нокти, държащи сфера" (стъпките на кабриолните крака на стол от 1715г)
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3 days 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
крак (на мебел/маса) с вид на лапа с нокти, държаща топка


Definition from own experience or research:
крак (на мебел/маса) с вид на лапа с нокти, държаща топка

Example sentence(s):
  • в резбата е включена мидена черупка, кабриолните крака с нокти, скъсен фронтон с украшения във формите на ваза. - mebeli.info/  
Andrei Vrabtchev
Bulgaria
Local time: 02:27
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Yes  darina_mihova
151 days
  -> thank you!
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"нокти, държащи сфера" (стъпките на кабриолните крака на стол от 1715г)


Definition from Dictionary.com:
ball-and-claw foot Show Spelled Pronunciation [bawl-uhn-klaw] Show IPA
–noun Furniture. a foot having the form of a bird's claw grasping a ball.

Example sentence(s):
  • Как се наричат стъпките на кабриолните крака .......? -"нокти, държащи сфера" -pied de biche (крак на кошута) -"стик за голф" -волута върху токче - University of Forestry  
SwetlanaD
Bulgaria
Local time: 02:27
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
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36 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
крак "нокти и сфера"


Definition from own experience or research:
Двойно извити крака на мебели, от стил рококо и чипендейл – богато декорирани с орнаменти, наподобяващи животински лапи или завършващи като орлови нокти или лъвска лапа, обхванали сфера, чиято поява вероятно е вдъхновена от формите на източното, най-вече китайското изкуство.

Example sentence(s):
  • През този период кабриолните крака са особено елегантни, и завършват със стъпка “нокти и сфера”, “стик за голф”, които заместват копитото от началото на века. - Английски барок  
Kalinka Hristova
Bulgaria
Local time: 02:27
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian

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Yes  Yavor Dimitrov
110 days
  -> Благодаря :)
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