| Title: | Agrafe |
| Original Title: | Agrafe |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 1 (1751), p. 182 |
| Author: | Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville (biography) |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
| Subject terms: |
Gardening
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| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| Citation (MLA): | Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph. "Agrafe." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.725>. Trans. of "Agrafe," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 1. Paris, 1751. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph. "Agrafe." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.725 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Agrafe," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1:182 (Paris, 1751). |
‘Agrafe’, an embroidered parterre motif linking two figures in a parterre; hence it may resemble a knot. It also refers to a figure attached to the edge of a parterre, of which only half is visible but which is linked to and forms a whole with the rest of the broderie. [1]
Notes
1. ‘Agrafe’ means clasp.