| Title: | Banquette |
| Original Title: | Banquette |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 2 (1752), p. 63 |
| 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. "Banquette." 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.did2222.0001.770>. Trans. of "Banquette," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2. Paris, 1752. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph. "Banquette." 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.did2222.0001.770 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Banquette," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 2:63 (Paris, 1752). |
‘Banquette’, a low hedgerow tall enough to lean on, which should generally be no more than three or four feet high. Banquettes are placed at the side of double allées, where they do not spoil the view between the tree stems. Sometimes the hedgerow is sculpted into spheres at regular intervals. [1]
Notes
1. See also article Palissade.