#Escudeller
What is
Stone or wooden shelf fixed high on the kitchen wall for bowls, plates and pots (DCVB, also Mall.). Synonyms: antosta, enfila, lleixa, palmar, plater, posella, postada, tinell (DCVB). Lleixa does not have a Mallorcan brand; in Mallorca, escudeller or plater .
How is
- Board or slab running along the wall, sometimes two or more stories.
- Front with strip or notches so that the plates rest on edge (to verify).
- «There are two scudellers per band» (Galmés, Flor de card, at the DCVB).
How is fa
- Fuster (wood) or stonemason (stone), when making the kitchen.
Com s'usa
- Save and display everyday crockery: escudelles, plats, greixoneres.
- In Manacor, escudellers are also glazed bowls with a handle (DCVB).
Vocabulary
- escudeller: kitchen shelf for dishes.
- escudella: escudella.
- escudellam: set of bowls and plates.
- plater: dish drainer (Mall.).
- lleixa: shelf (not Mallorcan).
History
- Mallorcan literary quotes from the 20th century (Galmés) in the DCVB.
- 1491: «nou parells d'escudelles de Màlica» kept in a cabinet, not on shelves (BSAL 2017).
On veure'n
- Museum of Mallorca, Etnològica Section (Wall) : kitchen.
- Possession kitchens that can be visited (to be verified).
Why is it design
- Visible storage: the dishes decorate the kitchen and are taken without opening anything.
- Useful wall: take advantage of the height, away from water and children.
For the project
- Piece: pine escutcheon for Pòrtol ceramics; wall shelf system.
- Trades: fusteria-mallorquina · ceramics-i-gerreria . Files: escudelles-i-plats-de-portol , plater , tinell , greixonera .
Frequently asked questions
What is Escudeller?
Stone or wooden shelf fixed high on the kitchen wall for bowls, plates and pots (DCVB, also Mall.). Synonyms: antosta, enfila, lleixa, palmar, plater…
What are the traditional words for Escudeller?
Some words: escudella, escudellam, escudeller, lleixa, plater.
Sources
Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.