Voyeuses à genoux
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Descripción
Chairs having a very low seat and a padded top rail, designed for female spectators of card games, who could kneel while resting their arms on the padded top rail. Males would sit astride a "voyeuse" with a somewhat higher seat, but it was considered inelegant for women to sit astride. For chairs having a very similar design but intended for prayer, use "prie-dieu chairs." Prie-dieu chairs may be made of humble materials, such as a wooden frame with a rattan seat-kneeler, or they may be upholstered; they may include a shelf for prayer books. If they are part of a set, it is usually a bedroom set. Voyeuses à genoux are always upholstered, and are generally part of a larger set along with voyeuses intended for males.
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Otros términos
- voyeuse à genoux [en]
- voyeuse à genoux [nl]
- voyeuse à genoux [fr]
- voyeuse à genoux [es]
- kneeling chairs (voyeuses) [en]
- voyeuses à genouil [en]
- voyeuses à genouil [fr]
- voyeuses en prie-dieu [en]
- voyeuses en prie-dieu [fr]
- voyeuses pour femme [en]
- voyeuses pour femme [fr]
- voyeuses pour se mettre à genoux [en]