Identification Antique Furniture Leg Styles
Graceful curves curved cabriole leg with no rungs or.
Identification antique furniture leg styles. A shorter more squat variation is sometimes referenced as a blunt arrow foot. How to determine the style of your antique furniture. More antique chair styles. Some styles are based on monarchial reigns such as victorian queen anne louis xiv xv and xvi georgian from the four.
How to identify antique chairs. 15 british furniture styles. This is a light chair whose front and back sets of legs flare away from each other. Recognizable characteristics on legs feet drawers and backs help determine the style of antique furniture.
It dates back to 5th century greece but the style experienced a comeback during the late 18th century neoclassical furniture movement. Links within each description lead to more information on styles periods and types of antique furniture. It is usually plain even if the attached leg is fluted as shown in this example. 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.
This furniture foot style consists of a tapered cylinder that is separated from the leg by a turned ring.