Definitions for caquetoire
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1. Caquetoire

   The caquetoire, or conversation chair, was an armchair style which emerged during the European Renaissance in France. The name caquetoire is derived from caqueter, a French term meaning to chat. The chair was thus named the caquetoire as a reference to women sitting and talking. The term may have been early applied to various forms of seat or bench. In 1556 Henri Estienne wrote that Parisian women called their seats at the bedside of a new mother "caquetoires". Older dictionaries relate the 'caquetoire' to relaxed social situations, "où on caquette à son aise", - a fireside seat where one may chat at ease. There are 16th-century references to tapestry covered benches serving as caquetoires. The term now denotes a particular form of chair.A recognised feature of a caquetoire chair is a splayed seat and outward curving arms so women wearing their large skirts or farthingales could sit comfortably. Due to fashions of the time and the lack of heating systems in homes, women wore several layers of skirts and petticoats to keep warm. This often prevented them from fitting comfortably into armchairs with rectangular seats. The French chairs were often made from walnut rather than oak allowing the frames to be more elaborately carved. They were built with mortise and tenon joinery, so no nails were exposed and no glue had to be used. The supports were baluster-turned and terminated in bun feet. The form of an arm chair with a splayed trapezoidal seat became popular in Scotland and several oak examples from the 16th and 17th centuries survive. Some were made for aristocratic women and carved with their initials and heraldry, while others of similar form were made for men. Later writers on furniture history called the Scottish chair a "caqueteuse", a French word for a gossiping woman. There seems to have been no precise contemporary Scottish term for the chairs.

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1. Caquetoire

   The caquetoire, or conversation chair, was an armchair style implemented during the European Renaissance. It was largely used in France during the renaissance. This chair is one if the most well known pieces of furniture from the French Renaissance. This chair is often associated with groups of women that would sit in them and talk. The seat is not rectangular like most. Due to the lack of heating systems in homes, women tended to wear several layers of skirts and petticoats to keep warm. This often inhibited them from fitting into normally-proportioned armchairs. Thus, the seat is splayed so the women could easily sit in the chair with their large skirts. These chairs were also made from walnut not oak because the chair could be more elaborately carved. This chair also used mortise and tenon joinery. In this joint, one end fits into the slot of the other end. This technique was used in the chair so no nails were exposed and so no glue had to be used. The caquetoire is built with a splayed seat base and U-shaped arms to allow women with full skirts to sit comfortably. During the European Renaissance they were generally made of walnut with mortise-and-tenon joints. The supports were baluster-turned and terminated in bun feet.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of caquetoire in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of caquetoire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6