Types of chair back Flashcards
Chair style developed by Hepplewhite having an open hoop-style back.
Balloon Back
Windsor chair back in which several spindles extend above the main back, resembling an old-fashioned high comb.
Comb Back
A sofa back that is irregular in the shape of a large central hump.
Camel Back
Windsor chair in which the bow or hoop is continuous either down to the arms or the seat.
Bow Back
Chair with violin-shaped splat back; A chair splat shaped in manner of the violin’s contour.
Fiddle Back
Chair back whose upright and top rail form a continuous curve.
Hoop Back
In Windsor chairs, outward sweep at the base of the bow of the back.
Horseshoe Back
Chair back with horizontal slants or rails resembling a ladder. Common types in Pilgrim furniture and Chippendale work.
Ladder Back
Harp-type stringed instrument used as a decorative motif for chair backs, table pedestals etc. Mostly found in Duncan Phyfe furniture.
Lyre Back
Chair back best developed by Hepplewhite after the French precedent.
Oval Back
Chair having a delicate back resembling a graceful bundle of rods spreading out in a fan shape.
Sheaf Back
Typical chairback form of Hepplewhite, having double curved top rail and a half ellipse below, filled with various openwork designs, such as vase forms, three feathers, swags and ribbons.
Shield Back
Chairbacks with curved profile (side) like a spoon to fit the shape of human spine.
Spoon Back
Chair with back splat whose silhouette suggests that of a vase or urn.
Vase Splat
A chair with round or oval back having radiating design suggesting the spokes of a wheel.
Wheel Back
