seggiolaio

[frizzy lizzy]

Hi there,

I was speaking to an older lady in Italy who spoke about the professions that no longer exist. She mentioned a "seggiolaio" or "segolaio". I'm not too sure how to spell it - but it sounded like se-gio-la-yo. Does anyone know what this is in English?

Thanks very much.

 

[Rebecca Vegas]

Seggiolaio could be somebody who makes chairs (a chair maker) or somebody who repairs chairs (chair mender/repairer). I'm not sure which one the woman was referring to.

 

[pupazzo77]

Seggiolaio could be somebody who makes chairs (a chair maker) or somebody who repairs chairs (chair mender/repairer). I'm not sure which one the woman was referring to.

or also "chair seller"

See You

Pup@zzo77

 

[frizzy lizzy]

That's great. Thanks Rebecca. She also mentioned a "falegname" che lavorava con (what sounded like) "lascia". Do you know what this is?

 

[pupazzo77]

That's great. Thanks Rebecca. She also mentioned a "falegname" che lavorava con (what sounded like) "lascia". Do you know what this is?

L' ascia

http://www.wordreference.com/iten/ascia

falegname : wood worker / carpenter

See You

Pup@zzo77

 

[furs]

Actually, a falegname would be a carpenter.

 

[frizzy lizzy]

Ah okay.. thank you. So a falegname is a type of carpenter?

 

[frizzy lizzy]

Thanks very much for that.