vocabulary faillllll, help pls?

[tamaranth]

Words I cannot find either in head or in thesaurus / dictionary or online today ...

wig stand -- I'm sure there's a technical term for the thing you put a wig onto when you're not wearing it. (Form?)

front of a theatre box -- I've pencilled in 'parapet' but that doesn't sound right

embroidered / lace THING on arm of armchair to prevent stains -- not an antimacassar, surely?

Comments

[frostfox.livejournal.com]

It is an antimacassar, at least as far as I'm aware, but then, a clothes horse is a clothes maiden to me, so what do I know?
I didn't know where the name came from until I just googled the spelling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimacassar

Wig form sounds right to me.
Theatre box, I don't know, sorry, perhaps someone more theatrical would know.

FF

[del-c.livejournal.com]

Shouldn't it be an antielbowgrease?

[azewewish.livejournal.com]

Actually, a wig stand is called just that. A wig stand. *g*

And are you talking about a foyer or the forestage or something else, in regards to the front of the theatre?

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

not foyer, not an area of theatre: the front of a box at the theatre (or in this case opera). There doesn't seem to be a specific term for it!

[pds-lit.livejournal.com]

1) or head forms
http://www.amazon.com/Headforms-Styro-Box-1-Unit/dp/B002KV7S70

2) From Wikipedia - The seating areas can include some or all of the following:
Stalls or arena: the lower flat area, usually below or at the same level as the stage. The word parterre (rarely, parquet circle) is sometimes used to refer to a particular subset of this area, usually the rear seating block in the orchestra stalls. The term can also refer to the side stalls in some usages. Derived from the gardening term parterre, the usage refers to the sectioned pattern of both the seats of an auditorium and of the planted beds seen in garden construction.

3) Yep, antimacassar

What are you doing? a crossword?

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

Checked Wikipedia very early in forlorn quest! It's not a part of the theatre I'm looking for -- it's the name for the front of a theatre box, the bit you lean on when you're ignoring other people in the box and watching the stage ...

Not crossword! Literary endeavour! (Kinda sorta)

[inamac.livejournal.com]

Nothing wrong with the term 'wig stand'.

If I was actually sitting in a theatre box then I'd probably call the bit you lean on 'the rail' (I know it's not an actual rail, but architectural terms tend to be old fashioned, and it used to be). Otherwise simply 'front of the box'.

'Arm caps' or 'arm protectors' (they come in sets with antimacassars).

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

suspect I shall be using 'rail'. But may circumlocute 'arm caps' in favour of description ...

[hairyears.livejournal.com]

I am reliably informed by m'learned friends that the thingy upon which you place awig when not in use is called a Pupil Barrister.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

*snort*