Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italiano term or phrase:
ribalta trentina
Inglese translation:
fall-front/drop leaf desk from Trentino
Added to glossary by
Jenny Cowd
Mar 26, 2007 12:05
18 yrs ago
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ribalta trentina
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antique furniture
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:8_ci3quovV0J:www.e-anti...
what on earth would it be called in English?
what on earth would it be called in English?
Proposed translations
(Inglese)
| 3 +1 | fall-front desk from Trentino |
silvia b (X)
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| 5 | writing desk |
Rosanna Palermo
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fall-front desk from Trentino
fall-front desk from Trentino
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-03-26 12:15:55 GMT)
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Questi mi sembrano molto simili al "tuo", per esempio:
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Townsend/view_1.asp?item=2
http://explorer.monticello.org/text/index.php?id=23&type=4
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-03-26 12:15:55 GMT)
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Questi mi sembrano molto simili al "tuo", per esempio:
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Townsend/view_1.asp?item=2
http://explorer.monticello.org/text/index.php?id=23&type=4
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Rosanna Palermo
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writing desk
http://antiques.listings.ebay.com/Desks_Pre-1800_W0QQsacatZ6...
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Note added at 2 mins (2007-03-26 12:07:50 GMT)
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or slant lid desk..see the link with loads of them
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Note added at 3 mins (2007-03-26 12:08:48 GMT)
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or slant front..
do a search on e-bay for writing desk if the link does not work
:o)
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Note added at 4 mins (2007-03-26 12:09:18 GMT)
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I searched on yahoo for
"1800 writing desk"
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-03-26 17:12:39 GMT)
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look at the picture more closely.. it is slanted on yours (look at the front connection and back connection on the right hand side of your picture) as well as the ones on e-bay.
If you want to play it safe, besides writing desk you can also say flip top
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Note added at 2 mins (2007-03-26 12:07:50 GMT)
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or slant lid desk..see the link with loads of them
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Note added at 3 mins (2007-03-26 12:08:48 GMT)
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or slant front..
do a search on e-bay for writing desk if the link does not work
:o)
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Note added at 4 mins (2007-03-26 12:09:18 GMT)
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I searched on yahoo for
"1800 writing desk"
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-03-26 17:12:39 GMT)
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look at the picture more closely.. it is slanted on yours (look at the front connection and back connection on the right hand side of your picture) as well as the ones on e-bay.
If you want to play it safe, besides writing desk you can also say flip top
Note from asker:
| am not totally convinced by slant lid as on the photo it isn't slanting, but flat! |
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