What is
Furniture with tiered shelves to display crockery and bottles in the living room: the predecessor of the sideboard (DCVB). In Mallorca it is documented in 1491.
About other requested names:
- Sideboard: crockery cabinet in Catalan inventories; without Mallorca brand (DCVB).
- Cupboard: the DCVB marks it as Castilianism (Maestrat); avoid as a Mallorcan word.
- Rebost: in Mallorca it is a room (pantry), not a piece of furniture: rebost d'es formatge, rebost d'es vidre o d'es plats (Palma) (DCVB).
- Armari: see mobiliari-de-possessio-poble-i-casal (without documented Mallorcan typology; please verify).
How is
- Tiers of overlapping boards, each one narrower, like a staircase.
- Pine or walnut, sometimes covered with cloth at parties (please check).
How is fa
- Fuster work: boards and uprights, without drawers.
Com s'usa
- In the room of 1491: "a tinell bo" with a copper gerra and glass pieces (BSAL 2017).
- Show the wealth of the house: copper, glass, Màlica earthenware.
Vocabulary
- tinell: tiered shelving for dishes.
- aparador: crockery cabinet (not Mallorcan).
- rebost: pantry (room).
- escudellam: set of bowls and plates.
History
- 1405, 1484, 1565: dated tinell citations (DCVB).
- 1491: "un tinell bo" in the room of the possession of Gabriel Cerdà, Santa Margalida (BSAL 2017).
On veure'n
- No copy located; Gothic houses and museums (Museu de Mallorca, to verify).
Why is it design
- Furniture to show: it does not save, it shows.
- Object ladder: each piece visible from the table.
For the project
- Piece: tiered shelf for Mallorcan ceramics (Pòrtol, Felanitx) and Gordiola glass.
- Trades: fusteria-mallorquina · ceramica-i-gerrería · glass-bufat . Files: escudeller , plater , escudelles-i-plats-de-portol .
Frequently asked questions
What is Tinell?
Furniture with tiered shelves to display crockery and bottles in the living room: the predecessor of the sideboard (DCVB). In Mallorca it is documented in…
What are the traditional words for Tinell?
Some words: aparador, escudellam, rebost, tinell.
Sources
- dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=tinell
- ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/sites/localsite/collect/bolletiSocietatLulliana/inde
- dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=aparador
- dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=alacena
- dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=rebost
Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.