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