Furniture Style Glossary: Line

Line

S-shaped curve, partly concave and partly convex. Associated with the following furniture styles: Queen Anne Colonial Georgian Pennsylvania Dutch Chippendale Victorian Art Nouveau

Gently curving lines. Associated with the following furniture styles: Hepplewhite Federal Duncan Phyfe Shaker Scandinavian Contemporary

Straight lines. Associated with the following furniture styles: Jacobean Early American William and Mary Queen Anne Colonial Georgian Pennsylvania Dutch Chippendale Robert Adam Sheraton Duncan Phyfe American Empire Shaker Victorian Arts and Craft Art Nouveau Scandinavian Contemporary