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Furniture Glossary: Foot


Foot

Ball Foot
Rounded ball-shaped foot.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • William and Mary
  • Pennsylvania Dutch

Ball and Claw Foot
Carved claw grasping a ball.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • Queen Anne
  • Georgian
  • Chippendale
  • Victorian

Block Foot
Flat-surfaced foot.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • Jacobean
  • Early American
  • Queen Anne
  • Colonial
  • Georgian
  • Robert Adam




Bracket Foot
Angular curved foot, usually used with case pieces.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • Early American
  • Colonial
  • Chippendale
  • Hepplewhite

Brass Paw or Claw
Animal paw or claw in brass.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • Duncan Phyfe Adaptation
  • American Empire

Bun
Rounded foot, flatter than a ball foot.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • Jacobean
  • Early American
  • William and Mary
  • Queen Anne
  • Colonial
  • Georgian
  • Pennsylvania Dutch




Continuation of Leg
Leg does not terminate into a foot.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • Jacobean
  • Early American
  • Colonial
  • Pennsylvania Dutch
  • Chippendale
  • Robert Adam
  • Hepplewhite
  • Federal
  • Sheraton
  • Duncan Phyfe Adaptation
  • American Empire
  • Shaker
  • Victorian
  • Arts and Craft
  • Art Nouveau
  • Scandinavian Contemporary

Drake
Simple carved animal paw.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • Queen Anne
  • Colonial

French
Straight and slender bracket type foot, usually used with case pieces.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • Hepplewhite
  • Federal

Knob
Small round turned ball.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • Duncan Phyfe Adaptation

Lion Paw
Carved lion's foot.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • American Empire

Pad
Simple rounded carved foot.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • Queen Anne
  • Colonial
  • Georgian
  • Pennsylvania Dutch

Paw or Claw
Carved animal paw or claw.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • Georgian
  • Chippendale
  • Sheraton
  • Duncan Phyfe Adaptation
  • American Empire

Scroll
Large inward curving foot with a loosely coiled appearance.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • American Empire

Spade
Flat or rounded foot, wider than leg then tapering.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • Robert Adam
  • Hepplewhite
  • Sheraton

Spanish
Elaborately carved hoof-shaped foot, that is grooved and flared.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • William and Mary

Whorl
Small round foot with a coiled appearance.

Associated with the following furniture styles:
  • Victorian


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