Country Furniture

Japanese: カントリー・ファニチャー - かんとりーふぁにちゃー
Country Furniture

...Tudor townhouses, such as Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-on-Avon, are typical of country houses, with their simple form of gabled roofs, thick oak pillars, and plaster walls. Furniture and furnishings made by local joiners are also called country furniture. Panel-back chairs and ladder-back chairs, which were used daily in local townhouses and private homes, the English Windsor chair made of turned parts, and the gateleg table (extension table) with side panels on the deck are practical and suitable for a simple, rural lifestyle.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "country furniture" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…たとえばストラトフォード・オン・エーボンにあるシェークスピアの生家のようにチューダー朝期の町家などは切妻屋根,オークの太い柱に漆喰の壁からなる簡素な形式を示した,カントリー・ハウスの典型である。また,その土地の指物師の手で製作された家具・調度をカントリー・ファニチャーと呼ぶ。地方の町家や民家で日常使われたパネルバック・チェアやラダーバック・チェア,ろくろ加工による挽物(ひきもの)部材から構成されたイギリスのウィンザー・チェア,甲板の左右に垂れ板をつけたゲートレッグ・テーブル(エクステンション・テーブル)などは実用的な機能を備え,簡素でいなかの生活様式にふさわしい。…

※「カントリー・ファニチャー」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。

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