Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Contre-coeurs
English translation:
inlay
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Giorgio Tenedios (X)
Sep 17, 2020 16:57
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French term
Contre-coeurs
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Architecture
Building construction - fireplace
Contre-coeurs en verre de chaque coté
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | inlay |
David Hollywood
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| 3 +1 | back plate |
Marco Solinas
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| 4 | bevels |
B D Finch
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Proposed translations
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David Hollywood
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
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inlay
Une craquelure sur le haut du contre coeur émaillé et la poignée du rideau [...] de fer est manquante. marcmaison.fr. marcmaison.fr. A crack in the enameled inlay ...
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glass inlay on both sides
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Note added at 45 mins (2020-09-17 17:43:04 GMT)
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hard to say given the sparce context
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Note added at 47 mins (2020-09-17 17:44:46 GMT)
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but I can't see a backplate being made of glass
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Note added at 25 mins (2020-09-17 17:22:41 GMT)
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glass inlay on both sides
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Note added at 45 mins (2020-09-17 17:43:04 GMT)
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hard to say given the sparce context
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Note added at 47 mins (2020-09-17 17:44:46 GMT)
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but I can't see a backplate being made of glass
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Marco Solinas
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back plate
See https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?l... and http://gdt.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/Resultat.aspx
I did wonder whether glass back plates for fire places existed. They seem to. See http://www.lagunawaterworks.com/safretti_riviera_le_gl_wall_...
I did wonder whether glass back plates for fire places existed. They seem to. See http://www.lagunawaterworks.com/safretti_riviera_le_gl_wall_...
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bevels
http://www.authentic-antiques.com/images/cheminee-ancienne_l...
https://www.custom-fireplaces.com/fireplace-anatomy-101-the-...
A bevel or sometimes called a “beveled edge” refers to an angled transition on the corner of a fireplace. You can find a beveled edge typically where the horizontal and vertical surface of the fireplace meet.
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Contrecœur:
Ce sont les parties de la cheminée qui encadrent le foyer tant sur les côtés qu'au fond de la cheminée. C'est pourquoi la plaque de fonte placée au fond de la cheminée peut être également appelée "contrecœur".
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Looking at the rather picture supplied by Althea: https://www.imiweb.org/01-160-010-fireplace-detail/ that labels the side of the firebox as contre-coeur, while https://www.aidaubricolage.com/images/cheminee-a-feu-ouvert.... labels the fireback (see https://www.imiweb.org/01-160-010-fireplace-detail/) as contre-coeur. This is confusing, as http://www.authentic-antiques.com/images/cheminee-ancienne_l... labels the timber bevel of the fire surround as contre-coeur. One certainly couldn't use timber in the other instances!
I now tend to think that the "coeur" is the firebox and a "contre-couer" could be any element at a roughly 45° angle to the back of the firebox. However, one would be unlikely to see a glass fireback, while glass bevels are rather more likely.
https://www.custom-fireplaces.com/fireplace-anatomy-101-the-...
A bevel or sometimes called a “beveled edge” refers to an angled transition on the corner of a fireplace. You can find a beveled edge typically where the horizontal and vertical surface of the fireplace meet.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-09-17 19:30:03 GMT)
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Contrecœur:
Ce sont les parties de la cheminée qui encadrent le foyer tant sur les côtés qu'au fond de la cheminée. C'est pourquoi la plaque de fonte placée au fond de la cheminée peut être également appelée "contrecœur".
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Note added at 16 hrs (2020-09-18 09:45:07 GMT)
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Looking at the rather picture supplied by Althea: https://www.imiweb.org/01-160-010-fireplace-detail/ that labels the side of the firebox as contre-coeur, while https://www.aidaubricolage.com/images/cheminee-a-feu-ouvert.... labels the fireback (see https://www.imiweb.org/01-160-010-fireplace-detail/) as contre-coeur. This is confusing, as http://www.authentic-antiques.com/images/cheminee-ancienne_l... labels the timber bevel of the fire surround as contre-coeur. One certainly couldn't use timber in the other instances!
I now tend to think that the "coeur" is the firebox and a "contre-couer" could be any element at a roughly 45° angle to the back of the firebox. However, one would be unlikely to see a glass fireback, while glass bevels are rather more likely.
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Thomas Miles
: I'm just a little confused as your initial bevel is the edge, but your later citation suggests surfaces (presumably left, right, above and behind the fireplace)
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Have a look at the picture on that webpage, which makes it much clearer and compare that with the picture on the French website.// See note I've just added.
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Discussion
https://www.aidaubricolage.com/images/cheminee-a-feu-ouvert....
http://www.authentic-antiques.com/images/cheminee-ancienne_l...
https://pierres-info.fr/dessins_cheminees/cheminee_descripti...
In addition to this, from what Robert has referenced regarding newer fireplaces with glass surrounds, this may also be yet another possibility.
Do you have any more context regarding the type of fireplace?
In the Dictionnaire du bâtiment et du génie civile/Dictionary of building and civil engineering, it says "contre-cœur m back-plate or rear wall of a chimney hearth".
It also has the following definitions:
rear wall of a chimney hearth contre-cœur m
wall at the back of a chimney hearth contre-cœur m
back-plate of a chimney hearth contre-cœur m
On page 39 of this product brochure, it says you can buy fireplaces in black glass versions:
http://www.filierepro.fr/images/pdf_full_offert/fp48_full.pd...
Facade references:
https://www.architectes.ch/fr/pdf/63747
https://www.ernstschweizer.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/00_Produ...