…After the 17th century, as chairs became more widely available to the public, stools were used for more specific purposes, such as dressing table seats, foot stools, window seats in halls and galleries, and piano seats. On the other hand, the lavishly decorated folding stool with X-shaped legs, called a pliant, was a seat reserved for ladies who were given the privilege of sitting on it by the king at the court of Louis XIV, and was the coveted seat of the ladies of Versailles. During the reign of Louis XV, elegantly curved legs called cabrioles were adopted and were widely used as seats for ladies of the court who wore large pannier-style skirts. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "pliant" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…17世紀以後椅子が広く市民に普及するようになると,スツールは化粧テーブル用の腰掛け,足をのせるためのフット・スツール,ホールやギャラリーの窓際に置かれるウィンドー・シート,またピアノ用の腰掛けといった,使用目的が明確に限定された座具に変わってきた。一方,プリアンpliantとよぶ豪華な装飾をつけたX脚の折畳み式スツールは,ルイ14世の宮廷で国王からそれに座る特権を授けられた貴婦人専用の座具で,ベルサイユの宮廷婦人たちのあこがれの腰掛けであった。ルイ15世の時代には,カブリオールとよぶ優雅な曲線の脚が採用され,大きなパニエ型のスカートを着用した宮廷婦人の腰掛けとして広く使用された。… ※「pliant」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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