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  2. Chaise longue - Wikipedia

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    A chaise longue sofa An 18th-century rococo chaise longue A late 19th-century chaise longue. A chaise longue (/ ʃ eɪ z ˈ l ɒ ŋ, tʃ eɪ z-,-ˈ l ɒ̃ ɡ /; [1] French: [ʃɛz lɔ̃ɡ], "long chair") is an upholstered sofa in the shape of a chair that is long enough to support the legs of the sitter. In modern French, the term chaise longue ...

  3. Chaise longue (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A chaise longue is an upholstered sofa in the shape of a chair that is long enough to support the legs. Chaise longue may also refer to: Chaise Longue (Le Corbusier), a chair designed by Charlotte Perriand "Chaise Longue" (song), a 2021 song by Wet Leg

  4. Le Corbusier's Furniture - Wikipedia

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    In 1928, Le Corbusier and Perriand began to put the expectations for furniture Le Corbusier outlined in his 1925 book L'Art Décoratif d'aujourd'hui into practice. In the book he defined three different furniture types: type-needs, type-furniture, and human-limb objects.

  5. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    "occasional piece"; item written or composed for a special occasion. In French, it means "second-hand hardware." Can be shortened as pièce d'occas ' or even occas ' (pronounced /okaz/). portmanteau (pl. portmanteaux) In English, a portmanteau is a large piece of luggage for clothes that opens (like a book or a diptych) into two parts.

  6. Triclinium - Wikipedia

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    The word is adopted from the Greek triklinion (τρικλίνιον)—from tri-(τρι-), "three", and klinē (κλίνη), a sort of couch, or rather chaise longue. Each couch was sized to accommodate a diner who reclined on their left side on cushions while some household slaves served multiple courses brought from the culina , or kitchen ...

  7. Used good - Wikipedia

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    Used clothing unsuitable for sale in an affluent market may still find a buyer or end-user in another market, such as a student market or a less affluent region of a developing country. In developing countries, such as Zambia , secondhand clothing is sorted, recycled, and sometimes redistributed to other nations.

  8. Chaise Longue (Le Corbusier) - Wikipedia

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    Chaise longue à réglage continu, also Chaise longue modèle B 306 à réglage continu or Chaise longue B 306 (later Chaise Longue - LC4, in 1964), is a chaise longue designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and the French designer Charlotte Perriand, who worked in the atelier of the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier and his partner Pierre Jeanneret.

  9. Second-hand shop - Wikipedia

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    A second-hand shop is a shop which sells used goods.Secondhand shops are often part of the different parts of the reuse or Circular economy.Different formats of second-hand shop exist, selling in different formats and type of content: from antique stores, to consignment, and various types of thrift or charity shop, where the used goods are sold.