Carved decoration in the form of scallop shells leaves and flowers particularly roses and acanthus further add to the ornamentation of this style of furniture.
Furniture leg styles.
Designers often favored a specific leg type such as the marlborough leg common on chippendale furniture.
Later styles show classic influence.
William and mary style furniture was popular in the late 17th and early 18th century and is characterized by dutch and chinese influences trumpet turned legs spanish ball feet and oriental lacquer work.
Bandy legged refers to the cabriole leg or curved leg found on colonial furniture.
It is characterized by cabriole legs pad or drake feet fiddle backed chairs and bat wing shaped drawer pulls.
The leg is usually a good indicator of type.
This is a furniture foot style in which a simple flattened oval shaped block of wood rests on a disk or pad.
William and mary 1690 1735.
It was also used in the work of gerrit jensen who designed pieces for king charles ii.
These are often found at the base of a cabriole leg.
It was developed in the second half of the 17th century and is featured in late baroque furniture styles such as restoration and william and mary.
Other than what might be needed structurally it is often difficult to find a straight element in rococo revival furniture.
Legs and feet of this form are cabriole or scrolling.
Other leg types include the saber spiral and spider tapered or straight leg.
Includes cabriole double scroll reeded saber tapered straight fluted and more.
Our collection includes designs like ogive brackets queen anne legs and even ball and claw feet.
It is a variation of the club foot distinguished by the underlying disk.
Welcome to our furniture leg styles article where we describe and illustrate 16 common types of furniture legs for tables chairs and sofas.
This style of carved furniture leg is characterized by scrolls at the top and the bottom often spiraling in opposite directions.
We travel the east coast seeking american colonial and country antiques and primitives from the 17th 18th and 19th centuries.
Crafted of seasoned hardwood our chair sofa and table legs and feet are delivered unfinished and ready for you to paint or stain to match your project.
Queen anne style furniture emerged during the reign of william iii of england.
2006 publications international chair and table legs exhibit many of the features that distinguish furniture styles.
Early georgian furniture is based on queen anne.