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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

tiroir déstructuré

English translation:

destructured/unstructured drawer

Added to glossary by claude-andrew
Jul 28, 2011 19:20
12 yrs ago
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French term

tiroir déstructuré

French to English Other Furniture / Household Appliances Bathroom furniture catalogue
I'm floundering - will need help on many of the items below and will post them in succession. It's the website of a bathroom furniture company. You can see the bathroom set in question here:
http://www.sanijura.fr/FR/component/virtuemart/produit/60/1/...
It's the red and white unit at the top of the page.

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largueur 160cm, miroir + applique touka, armoire de rangement équipée, table en marbre de synthèse, meuble commode portes, tiroir vertical et **tiroir déstructuré**
Proposed translations (English)
2 destructured/unstructured drawer
3 +2 side-attached drawer
4 offset drawer
3 unconstructed drawer
1 tray drawer
1 unframed drawer

Discussion

claude-andrew (asker) Jul 29, 2011:
This is most interesting. It's clear that the term is not well understood, and I've been asking, native French speakers none of whom had the foggiest idea what it means. I may point this out to the company ... I think finally that the "déstructuré here means that it's just sitting suspended under the washbasin with no other superstructure.

Proposed translations

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destructured/unstructured drawer

A destructured bed re-designed to create a new idea of rest. Dinghy meets your needs for an original and personal refuge.

http://www.chairs.ws/bedroom furniture italian_beds-37078p.h...

Here, the term ''destructured'' is used to describe the furniture style:

http://www.schmidt-kitchens.com/bathrooms.html#/details/bath...

''Refined lines and originality of destructured furniture....''

Living room with destructured shelves by Yoan Polizzi. Find more on his website

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Furniture-Designers/2900641313...

But I also found ''unstructured'':


déstructuré
, e
adj
[décor, monde, style] unstructured
[vêtement, veste] unstructured


MODERN UNSTRUCTURED BOOKSHELF 130X40X130 CM

http://www.asiaimportholland.com/index.php?action=article&ai...

Étagère déstructurée:

http://www.indoor-style.fr/etagere-destructure.htm



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Another example:

http://www.lawrens.fr/articles/Destructured_armchair.html

Fauteuil destructure
Note from asker:
Thanks for your research - I see now what they mean. It must refer to the drawer under the washbasin. This ties up with Pooja's interpretation.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks - not an easy one"
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side-attached drawer

Tough call! Photo helps. If "structuré" can have the sense of "framed" or "within a framework" this is certainly not an integral part of the unit. I don't like "non-integral" – sounds pretty lame for a drawer in a piece of furniture. This my choice of just describing it as "side-attached" or even more simply just "attached"
Note from asker:
This gives me the idea that it might somehow be an independent drawer or as you say attached to the side. Phil: my bottom doesn't stick out on its own ...
Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : Yes, assuming it's the one at the bottom that sticks out on its own.
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agree Alan Douglas (X)
12 hrs
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48 mins

unconstructed drawer

or drawer with unconstructed design
http://gautier-rbm.co.uk/files/gautier_bebop.pdf

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In above link there is a similar context
Bibliothèques déstructurées, elles se superposent
ou se juxtaposent.
With its unconstructed design, this bookcase can be stacked vertically or arranged horizontally

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http://www.amazon.com/Sewing-Table-in-Natural-Finish/dp/B000...

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Google
I use inexpensive drawer dividers to make the space function best for my uses and appreciate the flexibility of the deep, unconstructed drawers. and see the link
Note from asker:
Thanks Pooja, this looks fairly convincing. The biligual gautier site is a useful source.
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13 hrs

tray drawer

sliding board, etc.

Just wondering if it's a board that pulls out like a drawer, without having sides, front or back to "contain" things.

Same principle as those sliding keyboard thingees that glide under a desktop .... though quite what the purpose would be in a bathroom I cannot see.

Possibly the panel beneath the basin which appears to have a towel on it?
Peer comment(s):
neutral Claire Nolan : Bourth, this seems like a good explanation, but if you look at the other pictures, the yellow and grey bathroom (lichen) also has that panel/board, but the description doesn't mention the ''tiroir déstructuré''.
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20 hrs

offset drawer

Though this would normally be used for drawers that are out of vertical alignment, I don't see why it can't be applied to this drawer, which is horizontally out of alignment.

"Atlante 3 offset drawer ensemble "


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Looking at your picture again, the drawer is out of alignment vertically to the rhs and horizontally to the top.

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"47-1/2"-wide desk with offset drawer"
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-zUXMV3RBaTs/s_6316003CH/BDI-Seq...
Reference:

http://www.robinsonsbeds.co.uk/Chest-of-Drawers/Atlante-chest-of-drawers-p149.html

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unframed drawer

Just a guess, based mostly on others' responses... :o

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Oops, I meant "frameless drawer. :o
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