Meaning of bureau plat | Babel Free
Examples
“Small feminized versions of the bureau plat reinforce rather than call⟳ into question⟳ the masculinity of the form⟳. The reduced size, rounded corners, and porcelain plaques mounted on the bureau plat shown in figure⟳ 6.28 make⟳ it for a man’s office furniture while bringing it into stylistic conformity with the other small porcelain-mounted furniture that decorated the bedroom of its owner: the Russian grand duchess Maria Feodorovna.”
“Ten cautious steps and five feet later, April spied a Louis XVI gilt-metal bureau plat, a pair of George III mahogany armchairs, a Charles X Savonnerie carpet, and one unbelievable mid-eighteenth-century gold girandole.”
“A Victorian kingwood and rosewood bureau plat, in Louis XV style, with ormolu mounts, the top with a suede writing surface, above three frieze drawers with false fronts to the reverse, on cabriole legs.”
“The 19th century tulipwood bureau-plat table is in a similar style of renowned cabinetmaker Jacques-Laurent Cosson.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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