The bracket foot has been in existence since approximately the 1680 s and was one of the main types of feet used throughout the georgian period and was reproduced in the edwardian period.
Antique furniture leg styles.
When different furniture designs put your mind in a twist examine the legs to determine the furniture s individual style.
When you know the styles you can combine antique or reproduction.
One of the best ways to identify an antique style is by observing the piece s legs and feet.
Early georgian furniture is based on queen anne.
Later styles show classic influence.
A bracket foot on antique furniture is a simple designed foot shaped like a bracket.
Listed below are foot styles developed in europe and the united states from the renaissance to the empire periods.
2006 publications international chair and table legs exhibit many of the features that distinguish furniture styles.
This sub category of the victorian era is probably the most feminine influenced style.
It has influenced modern chair styles as well such as the american empire style.
Look at this leg.
Early 17th century furniture typically featured bun or ball style feet.
The style began in france and england but eventually migrated to america where it evolved into two other furniture styles naturalistic and renaissance revival.
A curule is a cross based chair or stool with curved legs in the shape of two u s.
A major telling feature of antique chairs starts from the floor and goes up.
It has a joined straight corner edge and curved inner edges and was often used on georgian furniture like chest of drawers.
Chippendale and queen anne chairs typically have an s curved cabriole leg with a knee and in curved ankle.
Leg shapes help define the style and period to which the chair belongs.
It is derived from roman styles of the 6th century bc.
It s shapely curves identify it as a cabriole pronounced cab ree ole leg and that type of leg was first introduced in the 18th century.
Identifying antique furniture feet can help determine the approximate age of a piece along with the period in which it was made helping you research and value antique pieces more skillfully.
Leg and foot styles.