- Look up
escritoire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
secretary desk or
escritoire is made of a base of wide
drawers topped by a desk with a hinged...
- have just come from his necessary-stool, and as if
going to open his
escritoire". The King was
lifted into his bed, and
Princess Amelia was sent for;...
- and
bench Desk on a
chest Desk on a
frame Drawing table Ergonomic desk
Escritoire Fall-front desk
Field desk Fire
screen desk
Games table desk Lap desk...
-
apart from
fencing (the sport) the term is more generic: it
means sword.
escritoire a
writing table. It is
spelt écritoire in
modern French. exposé a published...
- balcony,
exhibits paintings, sculptures, and furniture,
including a
grande escritoire created for
Louis Bonaparte, Napoleon's
brother and King of
Holland between...
-
sportswriting rococo invocate tousle shadflower Debby Stirling pathogenesis escritoire adventitious novo ITT most
chairperson Dwight Hertzog different pinpoint...
-
since 1797. A desk may also be
known as a bureau, counter, davenport,
escritoire, lectern,
reading stand,
rolltop desk,
school desk, workspace, or writing...
- possible, when he is so
great a writer? for I see him
constantly at his
escritoire." "Yes," says Innis, "but he is like St.
George on the signs,
always on...
-
settle 1869–71 The
Higgins Art
Gallery & Museum,
Bedford Dining Room
Escritoire,
originally at
Buckingham Street 1867–68
Unknown Burges's
bedroom The...
-
comfortably on a lap.
Several regional variations, such as the
French escritoire, were developed. At the
other end of the scale, the 17th
century saw the...
