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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

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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 Foot

Animal paw or claw in brass.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Duncan Phyfe Adaptation
• American Empire

Bun Foot

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 Noveau
• Scandinavian Contemporary

Drake Foot

Simple carved animal paw.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Queen Anne
• Colonial

French Foot

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

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Hepplewhite
• Federal

Knob Foot

Small round turned ball.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Duncan Phyfe Adaptation

Lion Paw Foot

Carved lion's foot.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• American Empire

Pad Foot

Simple rounded carved foot.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Queen Anne
• Colonial
• Georgian
• Pennsylvania Dutch

Paw and Claw Foot

Carved animal paw or claw.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Georgian
• Chippendale
• Sheraton
• Duncan Phyfe Adaptation
• American Empire

Scroll Foot

Large inward curving foot with a loosely coiled appearance.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• American Empire

Spade Foot

Flat or rounded foot, wider than leg then tapering.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Robert Adam
• Hepplewhite
• Sheraton

Spanish Foot

Elaborately carved foot.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• William and Mary

Whorl Foot

Small round foot with a coiled appearance.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Victorian