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‖ bombé, a.|bɔ̃be| [Fr., pa. pple. of bomber to swell out; cf. bombed ppl. a.1] Having an outward swelling curve, esp. of furniture. Also in Comb.
1904R. D. Benn Style in Furniture 109 A chest of drawers, or ‘commode’, and wardrobe, in which the bombé form is introduced. 1941Burlington Mag. Feb. 59/2 The shaping of a base of a cabinet or chest of drawers (often termed today bombé)..was called in the eighteenth century ‘comode shaped’. 1955Times 21 May 5/4 Marquetry cabinet, in the French style, with slightly bombé front and curved and splayed sides. 1962Times 1 June 8/5 A pair of eighteenth-century painted bombé-shaped Venetian commodes. |