What is
- Taula: table. To eat, work, play.
- Buffet: in Mallorca, four-legged table for writing or studying (DCVB, Mall.). In Catalonia, Valencia and Menorca, buffet is something else: a sideboard for dishes.
How is
- Parts (DCVB): petges or cames (legs), ales (folding wings: taula amb ales), calaixos (taula minister, with drawers), taula d'estisora (cross legs, foldable).
- Taula plegadissa: folding, common in 1491.
- Long dining tables “ab llurs petjes”; round table in the kitchen (1491).
- Wood: pine for the kitchen; walnut; in the neoclassical, inlaid wood (marquetry).
- Taula de joc: card game table (DCVB, without zone mark; Mallorcan copy to be verified).
- «Taula stopped»: it is not a type of furniture; stop taula = set the table (DCVB). In the plan of the Museu de Muro (1962) there is talk of a "cuina parada", a kitchen set up for display.
How is fa
- Kitchen and town: fuster with thick pine board and mortise and tenon legs.
- Casal: cabinetmaker; veneered and inlaid board (Isern workshop).
Com s'usa
- In the possessió of 1491, the patio dining room had two tables and no chairs: people ate daily in the kitchen (Barceló and Cassanyes).
- Kitchen table for grazing, eating and working; long room table for parties.
- Buffet to write in the office of the house or the rectory.
Vocabulary
- taula: table.
- petja / cama: paw.
- ala: folding leaf.
- taula plegadissa: folding table.
- taula d'estisora: cross-legged table.
- taula ministre: table with drawers.
- parar taula: set the table.
- bufet: writing table (Mall.).
History
- 1491: "dos taules llargues ab llurs petjes", "una taula plaguedissa", "taula redona vella" in the kitchen (BSAL 2017).
- 1609 and 1645: «bufet de noguer» in Catalan archives (DCVB).
-c . 1801-1808: Jovellanos, imprisoned in Mallorca, commissions a "inlaid wood table" (Pou, 2016).
- 18th century: buffets in Can Vivot (AEM 2022).
On veure'n
- Museum of Mallorca, Etnològica Section (Wall) : kitchen.
- Can Vivot (bufets), Els Calderers, La Granja d'Esporles (to check pieces).
Why is it design
- Table that folds: in 1491 almost everything folded; The house changed its use.
- False friends: buffet is not the same in Mallorca as in Barcelona.
For the project
- Piece: contemporary taula plegadissa in Majorcan pine for small houses.
- Trades: fusteria-mallorquina · ebenisteria-i-moble-mallorqui . Workshops: Fusteria Ca'n Pou (Santa Maria) , Fusteria Miquel Mestre (Felanitx) . Files: escriptori , tinell , mobiliari-de-possessio-poble-i-casal .
Frequently asked questions
What is Taula and bufet (table and sideboard)?
- Taula: table. To eat, work, play.
What are the traditional words for Taula and bufet (table and sideboard)?
Some words: ala, bufet, parar taula, petja / cama, taula, taula d'estisora, taula ministre, taula plegadissa.
Sources
- dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=taula
- dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=bufet
- ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/sites/localsite/collect/bolletiSocietatLulliana/inde
- reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/RM/article/download/10868/10432/20217
- museusieuroregio.uib.es/digitalAssets/616/616849_sala-m.-g.-seccia-etnologica-de
Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.