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Definition of breakfront in English: breakfrontnounˈbreɪkfrʌntˈbreɪkfrənt A piece of furniture having the line of its front broken by a curve or angle. （上半部分缩进的）断层式家具 as modifier a breakfront bookcase 断层式书橱。 Example sentencesExamples - The Sheraton mahogany breakfront partially visible at the left in Plate VII was made in Philadelphia about 1810.
- Hearing those two words when you don't have one conjures up an A. R. Gurney-approved environment of rectangular symmetry with mahogany veneer, a chandelier above, an Aubusson below, and a breakfront filled with Spode on the side.
- The Salem breakfront cabinet that Ellen gave the Redwood Library in 1883 came down in the Easton family.
- It is in fact a fine copy of the Louis XVI style, but elaborate innovations such as the pronounced breakfront covered in flowerhead and geometric trellis exclude it from being a superior piece.
- The mention of Chippendale, the leading English furniture maker of the eighteenth century, leads us to one of Graham's most exciting acquisitions, the mahogany breakfront bookcase in Plate V, which Chippendale himself made.
- Among heavier items are a Victorian mahogany and bronze mounted sideboard, a William IV rosewood and specimen marble circular centre table and an early 20th century mahogany breakfront wardrobe.
- Taking size to another level altogether is lot 1377, a fine George III period mahogany breakfront library bookcase which comes with a provenance from the Synge Family Collection at Glenmore Castle near Arklow, Co Wicklow.
- The dining room also houses an inlaid mahogany breakfront bookcase or gentleman's secretary as the form was called by Sheraton.
- As I walk over to the breakfront I notice that there is a paper on the floor.
- The breakfront is nearly identical to a desk of about 1805 in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, that has a provenance in the Crown-insheld family of that city.
- The furniture, mainly bought in the 1920s and 1930s, includes an early George III mahogany breakfront bookcase estimated at £7,000 to £10,000 and other pieces by Gillows.
Definition of breakfront in US English: breakfrontnounˈbreɪkfrəntˈbrākfrənt A piece of furniture having the line of its front broken by a curve or angle. （上半部分缩进的）断层式家具 as modifier a breakfront bookcase 断层式书橱。 Example sentencesExamples - The dining room also houses an inlaid mahogany breakfront bookcase or gentleman's secretary as the form was called by Sheraton.
- Taking size to another level altogether is lot 1377, a fine George III period mahogany breakfront library bookcase which comes with a provenance from the Synge Family Collection at Glenmore Castle near Arklow, Co Wicklow.
- The mention of Chippendale, the leading English furniture maker of the eighteenth century, leads us to one of Graham's most exciting acquisitions, the mahogany breakfront bookcase in Plate V, which Chippendale himself made.
- The furniture, mainly bought in the 1920s and 1930s, includes an early George III mahogany breakfront bookcase estimated at £7,000 to £10,000 and other pieces by Gillows.
- Hearing those two words when you don't have one conjures up an A. R. Gurney-approved environment of rectangular symmetry with mahogany veneer, a chandelier above, an Aubusson below, and a breakfront filled with Spode on the side.
- The breakfront is nearly identical to a desk of about 1805 in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, that has a provenance in the Crown-insheld family of that city.
- It is in fact a fine copy of the Louis XVI style, but elaborate innovations such as the pronounced breakfront covered in flowerhead and geometric trellis exclude it from being a superior piece.
- The Salem breakfront cabinet that Ellen gave the Redwood Library in 1883 came down in the Easton family.
- The Sheraton mahogany breakfront partially visible at the left in Plate VII was made in Philadelphia about 1810.
- Among heavier items are a Victorian mahogany and bronze mounted sideboard, a William IV rosewood and specimen marble circular centre table and an early 20th century mahogany breakfront wardrobe.
- As I walk over to the breakfront I notice that there is a paper on the floor.
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