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Furniture Parts

Furniture Parts. Types of Legs. Cabriole. a leg that curves out at the middle and then tapers inward just above an ornamental foot . Splayed. Legs that spread outward. Tapered. Legs that progressively narrow towards the bottom. Marlborough. A square leg. Cornucopia.

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Furniture Parts

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  1. Furniture Parts

  2. Types of Legs

  3. Cabriole • a leg that curves out at the middle and then tapers inward just above an ornamental foot

  4. Splayed • Legs that spread outward

  5. Tapered • Legs that progressively narrow towards the bottom

  6. Marlborough • A square leg

  7. Cornucopia • A leg curved like a cornucopia, or horn or cone shape

  8. Types of Feet

  9. Pad Flattened oval-shaped block of wood rests on a disk or pad

  10. Bun • Resembles the shape of a flattened ball

  11. Claw-and-ball • The claw of a bird of prey (eagle, hawk, etc) grasping a ball

  12. Bracket • Used to hold up a heavy piece of furniture

  13. Spade • A foot that progressively narrow towards the bottom, like a garden spade (or shovel)

  14. Chair Backs

  15. Lyre • musical instruments resembling a small harps

  16. a back consisting of two upright posts connected by horizontal slats Ladder

  17. Splat (fiddle) • decorative back in the shape of a fiddle

  18. Square • decorative back in the shape of a square or rectangle

  19. Shield • decorative back in the shape of a shield

  20. Oval • decorative back in the shape of an oval

  21. Heart • decorative back in the shape of a heart

  22. Ribbon • A decorative back with intricate curves

  23. Decorative Features

  24. Finial • a crowning ornament or detail

  25. Motif • a single or repeated design element • Ex: shell, trefoil, quatrefoil, butterfly

  26. Pediment • Placed above furniture as a decorative element

  27. Reeding • a decorative carving consisting of vertical lines that resemble thin reeds or stems of tall grass. • Built up/raised

  28. Fluted • a decorative carving consisting of vertical indentations. • carved out/sunk FLUTED is concave (gouged out) and REEDED is CONVEX, built up. If you put your palm down and place your fingers tightly together and look at the back of your hand, that would simulate what REEDING is. A series of raised or beaded lines. If you put your fingers in clay and pulled them down, that would show you what FLUTED looks like.

  29. Turned (spun) • Made by rotating wood on a lathe and shaping with cutting tools

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