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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

gattella

English translation:

cabriole/ball and claw

Added to glossary by Isabelle Johnson
Mar 13, 2015 16:02
9 yrs ago
Italian term

gattella

Italian to English Other Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Antique furniture:

Nel mobilio, per lo più gotico o rinascimentale, italiano, zampa a gattella il piede di cassapanche, armadi con profilo sagomato.

Does anyone know if there is a similar term in English?

Thanks,

Isabelle
Proposed translations (English)
2 cabriole/ball and claw

Discussion

Neptunia Mar 13, 2015:
This word certainly hasn't had much usage. Googling around turns up the Treccani definition (http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/gattella/) which is eerily similar to your excerpt. That definition makes me think it is like a lion's foot (just the claw, often seen on Italian furniture) except that there are other words for that and I can't find a single instance of gattella used that way. There is one obscure google books result that indicates gattella could be translated as "cleat" but that doesn't seem to fit with the antique furniture context. (Technical Dictionary, Volume 1 By Colette Crielesi, Giuseppe Landucci).

Proposed translations

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cabriole/ball and claw

or simply curved legs

gattella is supposed to be gothic - Queen Anne style comes later but they seem to have some things in common. I haven't managed to confirm this so low confidence.

see:

http://budgetdecorating.about.com/od/homedecoratingtermsad/a...

http://antiques.about.com/od/furniture/g/aa032009.htm

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/mount-lawley/wardrobes/queen-...



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Note added at 16 hrs (2015-03-14 08:08:34 GMT)
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cabriole leg - definition of cabriole leg by The Free Dictionary
www.thefreedictionary.com/cabriole leg
a curved, tapering furniture leg curving outward at the top and inward farther down, usu. terminating in an ornamental foot: used esp. in the 18th century.

Cabriole leg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabriole_leg
A cabriole leg is one of (usually) four vertical supports of a piece of furniture shaped in two curves; the upper arc is convex, while lower is concave; the upper curve always bows outward, while the lower curve bows inward; with the axes of the two curves in the same plane.
‎History - ‎Construction - ‎Examples in notable collections - ‎See also

but gothic furniture also seems to have cabriole legs:
Amazon.com - Gothic French Style Arm Stool - Carved ...
www.amazon.com › ... › Furniture › Home Bar Furniture › Barstools
Our Gothic French styled arm stool is solidly constructed carved mahogany with traditional cabriole leg. Fine craftsmen apply many layers of lacquer finish to this ..

Buy Best Gothic Chippendale console table is solidly ...
https://sites.google.com/.../Gothic-Chippendale-console-tabl...
Buy Best Gothic Chippendale console table is solidly constructed carved mahogany with traditional cabriole legs - 31.5" x 14.5" x 29.5" H. When you are thinking ...

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Note added at 1 day19 hrs (2015-03-15 11:27:23 GMT)
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"paw foot" see here
http://www.vandykes.com/furniture-feet-legs/c/510/
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