office table in a wrapping shape

French translation: table de bureau à pieds enroulés

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English term or phrase:office table in a wrapping shape
French translation:table de bureau à pieds enroulés

12:12 May 25, 2011
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English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Furniture / Household Appliances / antique desk
English term or phrase: office table in a wrapping shape
-From the same period, late 1800, we have also this office table in a wrapping shape.
Benjamin Hall
France
Local time: 18:37
table de bureau à pieds enroulés
Explanation:
if it's Art déco

"LOUIS SUE ET ANDRE MARE, attribué à
(1845 Bordeaux 1968) (Argentan 1885 - 1932)
PETITE TABLE DE MILIEU, Art Déco, Paris (?), vers 1920
Acajou. Plateau rectangulaire mouluré, à pans coupés, sur quatre
pieds enroulés et socle rectangulaire à pans coupés orné de pal-
mettes et pieds en boules aplaties ornés d’un rang de perles. Mari-
age du plateau et piétement."
http://www.kollerauktionen.ch/shared/pdf/g40/G40_moebel_low....

"French Black Lacquer Coffee Table

Item #452

French 1930's round coffee table with Bois de Pallisandre and black lacquer. This table has nice cured legs that wrap around at the bottom to hold the lower shelf. 24" Tall, 34 ½" Wide."
http://www.artdecocollection.com/smalltableitems.htm

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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 18:37
Grading comment
Thanks, I think I will use "enroulés" :)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1table de bureau à pieds enroulés
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wrapping shape
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Discussion entries: 5





  

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table de bureau à pieds enroulés


Explanation:
if it's Art déco

"LOUIS SUE ET ANDRE MARE, attribué à
(1845 Bordeaux 1968) (Argentan 1885 - 1932)
PETITE TABLE DE MILIEU, Art Déco, Paris (?), vers 1920
Acajou. Plateau rectangulaire mouluré, à pans coupés, sur quatre
pieds enroulés et socle rectangulaire à pans coupés orné de pal-
mettes et pieds en boules aplaties ornés d’un rang de perles. Mari-
age du plateau et piétement."
http://www.kollerauktionen.ch/shared/pdf/g40/G40_moebel_low....

"French Black Lacquer Coffee Table

Item #452

French 1930's round coffee table with Bois de Pallisandre and black lacquer. This table has nice cured legs that wrap around at the bottom to hold the lower shelf. 24" Tall, 34 ½" Wide."
http://www.artdecocollection.com/smalltableitems.htm

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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 18:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 387
Grading comment
Thanks, I think I will use "enroulés" :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  silvester55
58 mins
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Reference comments


4 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: wrapping shape

Reference information:
"de forme enveloppante" pour le dossier d'un fauteuil, d'une chaise, mais pour un table, c'est curieux...

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 387

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Tony M: I'd have said normally probably 'wrap-around' for a desk — you know, a sort of U-shape, you sit in the middle? What would that be, for example?
2 mins
  -> bureau en U? http://www.costco.ca/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=10338341&lan...
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