Armchair
Armchair from the time of Louis XVI. by Georges Jacob (1739–1814) for the gilded cabinet of Marie-Antoinette in the Queen's Small Apartment, Palace of Versailles .
The armchair (of French fauteuil , from Old French faudestuel or medieval Latin faldistolium ) in German and armchair, Lehn chair called or armchairs, is an upholstered seating with armrests , which was especially in the 17th or 18th century fashion.
The term armchair is also used as a name for armchairs made of bentwood (including products made by the Thonet brothers ).
In Austria and German-speaking Switzerland , Fauteuil generally means armchair , while an armchair in Austria is the same as a chair in Germany .
Other meanings
- The numbered armchair that is assigned to each of the 40 members of the Académie française elected for life when they enter the academy is also called an armchair .
- Fauteuil is the name of a theater in Basel .
- Auto-Fauteuil was a French motorcycle brand that existed from 1902 to 1920.
See also
Web links
Commons : Fauteuils - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Fauteuil - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry Fauteuil ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at wortschatz.uni-leipzig.de
