Furn Leg And Backrest Styles

Question 1

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

Answer 1

ball-and-claw

Question 2

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

Answer 2

ball foot

Question 3

chair style developed by hepplewhite having an open hoop-style back

Answer 3

balloon back

Question 4

windsor chair back in which the bow or hoop is continuous either down to the arms or the seat

Answer 4

bow back

Question 5

convex shaped front of a chest, buffe, etc., characteristic of 18th century work

Answer 5

bow front

Question 6

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

Answer 6

bracket foot

Question 7

a slightly flattened ball foot , dutch in origin. a flattened ball, or bun shape, with a slender ankle above

Answer 7

bun foot

Question 8

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

Answer 8

cabriole leg

Question 9

sofa back that is irregular in the shaoe of a large central hump

Answer 9

camelback

Question 10

foot of carved animal or bird claw clutching a ball, generally terminating a cabriole leg

Answer 10

claw and ball

Question 11

a term referring to poorly formed feet on queen anne furniture

Answer 11

club foot

Question 12

windsor chair back in which several spindles extend above the main back, resembling an old fashioned high comb

Answer 12

comb back

Question 13

three-toed foot found on queen anne furniture

Answer 13

drake foot

Question 14

chair with violin shaped splat back. a chair splat shaped in manner of the violin’s contour

Answer 14

fiddle back

Question 15

chair back whose uprights and top rail form a continous curve

Answer 15

hoop back

Question 16

in windsor chairs, outward sweep at the base of the bow of the back

Answer 16

horseshoe back

Question 17

chair back w horizontal slants rails resembling a ladder. common types in pilgrim furniture and in simpler chippendale work

Answer 17

ladder back

Question 18

oval chair back, also windsor bow back, without arms

Answer 18

loop-back

Question 19

harp tyoe stringrf instrumrnt used as a decorative motif for chair backs, table pedestals etc., found esp. on duncan phyfe furniture

Answer 19

lyre

Question 20

an oval shaoed, bulbous foot suggesting a somewhat flattened onion

Answer 20

onion foot

Question 21

chair shaoe, best developed by hepplewhite after the french precedent

Answer 21

oval back

Question 22

a foot found on queen anne furn, havung a disk resembling a pad under the foot proper

Answer 22

pad foot

Question 23

chair terminating at the hand in a scroll

Answer 23

scroll arm

Question 24

curved foot not fully articulated with the block above, as in a cabriole leg

Answer 24

scroll foot

Question 25

broken pediment formed by two s or cyma curves, also swan-neck

Answer 25

scroll top

Question 26

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

Answer 26

sheaf back

Question 27

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

Answer 27

shields back

Question 28

a rectangular tapered foot suggesting the outlinr of a spade, common in hepplewhite designs

Answer 28

spade foot

Question 29

rectangular ribbed foot larger at the base, usually with a weak scroll

Answer 29

spanish foot

Question 30

queen anne chairbacks were often curved in profile like a spoon to fit the shape of the body

Answer 30

spoon back

Question 31

hinged leg to support a drop leaf, similar to a gate leg, but lacking the lower stretcher

Answer 31

swing leg

Question 32

tapered foor of rectangular plan. spade foot

Answer 32

therm foot

Question 33

four sided or square tapered leg

Answer 33

therm leg

Question 34

turned leg with flaring profile of a trumpet turned upward. a distinguishing feature of the william and mary style

Answer 34

trumpet turning leg

Question 35

chair with back splat whose silhouette suggests that of a vase or urn

Answer 35

vase splat

Question 36

grooved or carbed foor of a cabriole leg suggesting thr webbed feet of animals

Answer 36

webfoot

Question 37

a chair with round or oval bsck having radiating design suggesting the spokes of a wheel

Answer 37

wheel-back

Question 38

heavy couch foot used in empire sofas and other heavy pieces

Answer 38

winged claw