A shorter more squat variation is sometimes referenced as a blunt arrow foot.
Identification antique furniture leg styles.
How to determine the style of your antique furniture.
This furniture foot style consists of a tapered cylinder that is separated from the leg by a turned ring.
Each antique style has specific identifying features often named after the reigning monarch of the time or for the designer who created the style such as thomas chippendale thomas sheraton or george hepplewhite.
How to identify antique chairs.
Links within each description lead to more information on styles periods and types of antique furniture.
It dates back to 5th century greece but the style experienced a comeback during the late 18th century neoclassical furniture movement.
This is a light chair whose front and back sets of legs flare away from each other.
Learn more about a number of different examples of leg styles developed in both europe and the united states from the renaissance period to the empire period.
Furniture styles are categorized.
Graceful curves curved cabriole leg with no rungs or.
It is usually plain even if the attached leg is fluted as shown in this example.
15 british furniture styles.
Some styles are based on monarchial reigns such as victorian queen anne louis xiv xv and xvi georgian from the four.