Furniture Parts Flashcards
1
Q
The upholstered part of a chair arm.
A
Arm Pad
2
Q
The front vertical support of the arm of a chair.
A
Arm Stump
3
Q
The carved top of an early chair, or a molding found at the top of a cabinet.
A
Crown
4
Q
Front of cabinets
A
Facade
5
Q
A drop front or drop lid, as in a cabinet-desk or a piano. Sometimes “slant front.”
A
Fall Front
6
Q
Metal band at the base of a wood chair or leg.
A
Ferrule
7
Q
Horizontal members of framed furniture. In beds, the long side pieces. In casework the framing the holds the side together.
A
Rails
8
Q
Middle or cross stretcher of chair or table set back from the front legs.
A
Recessed Stretcher
9
Q
Serpentine or x-stretcher curving up toward the intersection.
A
Rising Stretcher
10
Q
Chair seat scooped away the sides
A
Saddle
