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20:27 Aug 4, 2009
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Art/Literary - Furniture / Household Appliances
Additional field(s): Architecture, Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
English term or phrase: ball and claw foot
Definition from Traditional Enterprises, LLC:
A carved foot motif that resembling a ball or egg held in an eagle, crane, dragon or lion's claw. Most associated with 18th-century American and English furniture, the ball and claw foot's origins were in China as the dragon claw clutching a pearl, crystal ball or jewel.

Example sentence(s):
  • Ball and claw feet are the most familiar kind of traditional style bath foot. The foot consists of a claw or talon in relief grasping a ball which rests on the floor. Ball and claw feet vary greatly in the amount of detail and may be more or less ornate. buzzle.com
  • This is a very rare small foot stool. It is 10 1/2 in diameter and 5 tall. This is the way I purchased it, but I am sure at one time it probably had a rounded dome top cushion. The excellent cast ball and claw feet are in great condition. Scripps Networks, Inc.
  • Alastair A. Stair takes you on a journey across cultures in this history of the ball-and-claw foot and its regional variations, in terms of how the muscles are carved, how the claw is angled or curved, and the overall tension shown in the piece. The Tauton Press
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4kotkankynsijalat
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kotkankynsijalat


Definition from own experience or research:
Kotkankynsijalat ovat esimerkiksi koristeveistäjien käyttämä aihe tyylihuonekaluissa, esimerkiksi Chippendale-pöydissä ja -tuoleissa on usein kotkankynsijalat.

Example sentence(s):
  • Pöydässä on ihastuttavat "kotkankynsi"-jalat ja ilmeisesti jokin himmeä lakkapinta päällä eli on helppo pitää puhtaana. - huuto.net  
  • Lappeenrantalainen koristeveistäjämestari Tero Hulkkonen omistaa 40 erilaista talttaa. Niillä koristeveistäjä saa puun elämään. Hulkkonen veistää yleensä koivusta, koska siinä taltta luistaa. Myös esimerkiksi tammesta, pähkinäpuusta, mahongista ja lapinhongasta syntyy oravien, näätien ja ruusukkeiden tai chippendalehenkisten kotkankynsien koristamia huonekaluja. - Lappeenranta  
  • Pietari/St.Petersburg 1899-1908, kotkankynsi-aihe/örnklo-motiv - Hagelstam  

Explanation:
Kyseisiä jalkoja kutsutaan joskus myös "leijonantassujaloiksi", mutta "kotkankynsijalat" on yleisempi termi.

Kylpyammeissa taas sanotaan olevan "tassujalat". Puhutaan myös "tassuammeista".
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