Furniture Style Glossary: Chair Seat Shape

Chair Seat Shape

Curved Chair Seat

Circular or round seat.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Queen Anne
• Sheraton
• Victorian
• Art Nouveau

Horseshoe Arch Chair Seat

Horseshoe shaped seat with a rounded front.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Queen Anne
• Colonial
• Georgian
• Chippendale
• Robert Adam
• Hepplewhite
• Federal
• Sheraton
• Duncan Phyfe Adaptation
• Victorian
• Art Nouveau

Horseshoe Arch with Serpentine Front Chair Seat

Horseshoe shaped seat with a serpentine front.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Hepplewhite
• Victorian

Square Chair Seat

Square shaped seat.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Jacobean
• Early American
• William and Mary
• Colonial
• Georgian
• Pennsylvania Dutch
• Chippendale
• Robert Adam
• Federal
• Duncan Phyfe Adaptation
• American Empire
• Shaker
• Victorian
• Arts and Craft
• Art Nouveau
• Scandinavian Contemporary

Trapezoid Chair Seat

Straight outward flaring seat.

Associated with the following furniture styles:

• Chippendale

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