Furn Leg And Backrest Styles Flashcards
carved foot found moslty on chippendale designs. it is a form or ornament originating in china, and is supposed to represent a bird’s claw grasping an egg
ball-and-claw
a turned foot for chests or chest of drawers, usually wuite large in diameter and found on early styles. end of a turned leg, shaped round and with a hooded effect
ball foot
chair style developed by hepplewhite having an open hoop-style back
balloon back
windsor chair back in which the bow or hoop is continuous either down to the arms or the seat
bow back
convex shaped front of a chest, buffe, etc., characteristic of 18th century work
bow front
simple base on chests and case furniture on the 18th century. thr foot runs two ways from the corner, in more or less simple shapes. the type was highly ornamented by chippendale in england, by goddard and others in america
bracket foot
a slightly flattened ball foot , dutch in origin. a flattened ball, or bun shape, with a slender ankle above
bun foot
a cyma or double curved leg arching outward at the top, inward near the foot which swings out again. zused in chippendale, queen anne, and lous xv furniture
cabriole leg
sofa back that is irregular in the shaoe of a large central hump
camelback
foot of carved animal or bird claw clutching a ball, generally terminating a cabriole leg
claw and ball
a term referring to poorly formed feet on queen anne furniture
club foot
windsor chair back in which several spindles extend above the main back, resembling an old fashioned high comb
comb back
three-toed foot found on queen anne furniture
drake foot
chair with violin shaped splat back. a chair splat shaped in manner of the violin’s contour
fiddle back
chair back whose uprights and top rail form a continous curve
hoop back
in windsor chairs, outward sweep at the base of the bow of the back
horseshoe back
chair back w horizontal slants rails resembling a ladder. common types in pilgrim furniture and in simpler chippendale work
ladder back
oval chair back, also windsor bow back, without arms
loop-back
harp tyoe stringrf instrumrnt used as a decorative motif for chair backs, table pedestals etc., found esp. on duncan phyfe furniture
lyre
an oval shaoed, bulbous foot suggesting a somewhat flattened onion
onion foot
chair shaoe, best developed by hepplewhite after the french precedent
oval back
a foot found on queen anne furn, havung a disk resembling a pad under the foot proper
pad foot
chair terminating at the hand in a scroll
scroll arm
curved foot not fully articulated with the block above, as in a cabriole leg
scroll foot
broken pediment formed by two s or cyma curves, also swan-neck
scroll top
typical small chair of france, late 18th century and early 19th century, having a delicate back resembling a graceful bundle of rods spreading out in a fan shape. they usually had straw seats
sheaf back
typical chairback form of hepplewhite, having double curved top rail and a half ellipse below, filled w various openwork designs, such as vase forms, three feathers, swags, and ribbons
shields back
a rectangular tapered foot suggesting the outlinr of a spade, common in hepplewhite designs
spade foot
rectangular ribbed foot larger at the base, usually with a weak scroll
spanish foot
queen anne chairbacks were often curved in profile like a spoon to fit the shape of the body
spoon back
hinged leg to support a drop leaf, similar to a gate leg, but lacking the lower stretcher
swing leg
tapered foor of rectangular plan. spade foot
therm foot
four sided or square tapered leg
therm leg
turned leg with flaring profile of a trumpet turned upward. a distinguishing feature of the william and mary style
trumpet turning leg
chair with back splat whose silhouette suggests that of a vase or urn
vase splat
grooved or carbed foor of a cabriole leg suggesting thr webbed feet of animals
webfoot
a chair with round or oval bsck having radiating design suggesting the spokes of a wheel
wheel-back
heavy couch foot used in empire sofas and other heavy pieces
winged claw
